1.   Although he was known to be ailing, his death nevertheless shocked the country and much of the volatile region.

2.   Always a volatile region, Israel and the Palestinians have demonstrated over the past few weeks just how precarious their relationship can be.

3.   And in this volatile region, none worked harder for peace.

4.   But reopening North-South dialogue, with the South leading, is essential to saving this volatile region from collapse.

5.   Clinton has warned that the fighting in Kosovo threatens the stability in the volatile region and must be stopped.

6.   Easily the most volatile region has been Latin America.

7.   Encouraging Iranian mischief by underwriting its military and terrorist adventures makes a mockery of international attempts to stabilize an already volatile region of the world.

8.   Even if it could, that would not necessarily insulate it from the politics of this volatile region, Duran said.

9.   Forging hasty alliances in such a volatile region could be a mistake, said Rashid Naim, a professor of political science at Georgia State University.

10.   From Moscow to Washington, alarms sounded about the threat of this volatile region slipping into Afghanistan-like chaos.