1.   And yet, the political metamorphosis of this tiny nation is almost incomprehensible to many of its citizens, who spent decades learning to despise the West.

2.   Back then, Armenians thought independence was all they needed for their tiny Caucasus nation to flourish.

3.   Barely two miles of water separate the pair of islands that make up this tiny Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis.

4.   Both say the income in foreign currency is their only source of security at a time when their tiny nation could be ready to erupt.

5.   A company of U.S. Army troops also is stationed in Macedonia to deter threatened Serb aggression against a tiny nation adjacent to the border with Greece.

6.   A tropical storm watch was issued for Bermuda late Monday as Arlene drifted northwest toward the tiny nation.

7.   But it is no mystery why modestly intrepid travelers are making their way to this tiny Central American nation.

8.   But the night he arrived, the president of the tiny African nation was assassinated in Kigali.

9.   For years the tiny nation of El Salvador preoccupied the United States, much as Haiti does now.

10.   --Hails from the tiny Carribean island nation of Curacao, which some scholars believe is the Dutch word for Krypton.