1.   A number of oil companies now do business in Algeria, Colombia, and unstable nations that were once part of the Soviet Union.

2.   Our dearth of attention and resources now will result in a world of increasingly unstable nations.

3.   Those arms deals brought the economically unstable nation much needed cash as it emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union.

4.   A U.S. senator on Monday said talks with Afghan officials convinced him that the international peacekeeping force in this unstable nation should be expanded.

5.   Georgia is plagued by unrest and bordered by unstable Caucasus nations, including the Russian rebel republic of Chechnya.

6.   He acknowledged defeat in not getting a Chinese commitment to join the worldwide system that prevents the exportation of dangerous missile technology, especially to unstable Third World nations.

7.   Nigerian military ruler Gen. Sani Abacha has fired his army and air force chiefs in a surprise move that further shakes the unstable West African nation.

8.   Nigerian military ruler Gen. Sani Abacha sacked his army and air force chiefs in a surprise move that further shakes the unstable West African nation.

9.   That will continue to be the case as long as Afghanistan is seen as an unstable nation.