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(Click for frequent words.) 68 exacerbate tensions 60 stoke tensions 59 heighten tension 58 aggravate tensions 57 escalate tensions 56 inflame tensions 54 heightened tensions 53 enflame tensions 53 inflame sectarian tensions 52 inflame 52 provoke backlash 50 inflamed tensions 49 enflame 49 destabilize 49 heightened tension 49 ease tensions 49 inflame passions 47 complicate 47 tensions 47 undermine 47 aggravate 47 infuriate 46 inflaming tensions 46 exacerbate 46 exacerbating tensions 46 heightening tensions 46 provoke 46 defuse tensions 46 stoking tensions 45 deadlocked Mideast peacemaking 44 escalating tensions 44 antagonize 44 stoke sectarian 43 exacerbate sectarian tensions 43 heighten sectarian tensions 43 sow strife 43 enrage 43 stoked tensions 43 polarize 42 embolden 42 weaken 42 alienate 42 heightening tension 42 heighten 42 enflamed tensions 42 inflame sectarian 41 defusing tension 41 worsen sectarian tensions 41 judiciary Rehmat 41 reignited Cold War 41 inflaming 41 archfoe Iran 41 backfire 41 rich Spratly 41 '1 ,# fold 41 flare anew 40 widen rifts 40 depress voter turnout 40 premeditated provocation 40 fueling sectarian tensions 40 depress 40 rile 40 mend ties 40 enflamed 40 foment strife 40 Deadly clashes 40 risked inflaming 40 inflaming sectarian 40 defuse tension 40 embitter 40 Chemical biological radiological 39 disturb communal harmony 39 Tensions 39 DMZ dividing 39 sow discord 39 inflaming sectarian tensions 39 arch foe Israel 39 flashpoint 39 deepen rifts 39 stoke sectarian tensions 39 vitiate 39 communal tension 39 Jailing Mousavi 39 deliberate provocation 39 pilgrimage culminates 39 foment sectarian strife 39 avenge bin Laden 39 destablise 39 endanger 39 flared sporadically 39 destabilizing 39 extremist Jewish settlers 38 roil 38 sectarian tensions 38 imperil 38 halt rocket barrages 38 harden attitudes 38 saber rattling 38 retaliate militarily 38 unnerve 38 nearby Katla volcano 38 sow instability 38 simmering tensions 38 infuriate Pyongyang 38 backing Jundollah 38 inflame sectarian strife 38 easing tensions 38 stoke 38 foment sectarian tensions 38 incite sectarian strife 38 condor preserve 38 worsen 38 escalate 38 archfoes 38 deepen 38 disputed islands 38 fueling sectarian strife 38 disrupt 38 tension 38 Predominantly Shiite 38 foment unrest 38 stoke inflation 38 stirred nationalistic 38 incite 38 prelude 37 Beijing resolutely opposes 37 stoked fears 37 Escalating violence 37 needlessly antagonize 37 stoke hatreds 37 irritate 37 ignite sectarian strife 37 fomenting instability 37 Escalating tensions 37 resolved diplomatically 37 al Makiki 37 Yeongpyeong 37 reignite sectarian 37 nuclearised 37 derail 37 fomenting separatism 37 arch foe 37 stoke sectarian tension 37 infuriated secularists 37 intensify 37 Easing tensions 37 authoritarian Lukashenko 37 arch foe Iran 37 rich Spratly islands 37 saber rattling rhetoric 37 potentially destabilizing 37 inflame sectarian violence 37 solved bilaterally 37 NKorea warns 37 inflamed passions 37 arch foe Eritrea 37 Constructive dialogue 37 stoke sectarian violence 37 needlessly antagonized 36 needlessly enflamed world 36 Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas 36 Imposing sanctions 36 thaw frosty 36 Talibanise 36 ingestion Soltoski 36 nationalist passions 36 GCP Liquors Horseheads 36 militarise 36 diffuse tensions 36 ring alarm bells 36 overshadow 36 rankle 36 tectonic plates slabs 36 incalculable consequences 36 inflame sectarian passions 36 defusing tensions 36 fomenting sectarian 36 Like Latakia Banias 36 keep Tomcats airworthy 36 demilitarized buffer zone 36 faultlines 36 increasingly assertive 36 provoking retaliatory 36 sow dissent 36 harshly denounced 36 supplying Shi'ite militias 36 destablize 36 jeopardize 36 Badr militiamen 36 unsettle 36 nonmilitary sanctions 36 retaliatory attacks 36 Mughniyah assassination 36 reimpose freeze 36 nuclear powered supercarrier 36 closest ally 36 deal merciless counterblow 36 heightens tensions 36 spokesman Hidenobu Sobashima 36 Kristi Sesso owner 36 archfoe Israel 36 ending monthslong standoff 36 allay 36 Korean artillery bombardment 36 Daily Trojan Forums 36 Militants Vow 36 inflaming racial 36 flashpoints 36 hegemonistic powers 36 sow disunity 36 mediated truce 36 incite violence 36 spark sectarian strife 36 Iranophobia 36 Senkaku islands 36 Lesser Tunb 36 scuttle 36 politicize 36 Moamer Qadhafi 36 Israeli overflights 36 locate Nasar 36 naval skirmishes 36 wield vetoes 36 provoking 36 sow dissension 36 communalise 36 banning judicial filibusters 36 watchdog arbitrating 35 destablisation 35 muscle flexing 35 Korean peninsular 35 avoid antagonizing 35 communal tensions 35 invasions occupations 35 troop buildups 35 sporadic skirmishes 35 Territorial disputes 35 foment sectarian 35 delegitimise 35 Palestinans 35 brinkmanship 35 Hezbollah guerrillas snatched 35 undercut 35 Fierce clashes erupted 35 Hezbollah hez BUH' lah 35 Qazwini informed 35 interdicting ships 35 stokes tensions 35 Senkaku Diaoyu islands 35 topple Saniora 35 EPIX joint venture 35 Marauding thieves 35 fomenting sectarian strife 35 flared anew 35 Koreas exchanged gunfire 35 enflame passions 35 outright smother Walajeh 35 President Mahmoud Ahmadinajad 35 stockpiled paving stones 35 profoundly destabilizing 35 revive Mideast peacemaking 35 instablity 35 mosque hardline clerics 35 territorial dispute 35 provoke sectarian strife 35 embolden terrorists 35 provocations 35 incite sectarianism 35 deepened rift 35 mediate truce 35 Chemicals AWAC joint venture 35 annex Kirkuk 35 resolutely condemns 35 embitters 35 risked angering 35 firebrand nationalist 35 erupt anew 35 unnecessarily antagonize 35 annex Abkhazia 35 minister Tsahi Hanegbi 35 Abyei flashpoint 35 Koreaā 35 Bunker busters 35 enflame sectarian violence 35 erode 35 Reprisal killings 35 Prolonged instability 35 belligerent rhetoric 35 rekindle sectarian 35 Sporadic gunbattles 35 resolved bilaterally 35 indiscreet asides 35 merciless blows 35 risked destabilizing 35 Baiyaa religiously mixed 35 embroil 35 rich Spratly Islands 34 delegitimise Israel 34 form easily transmissible 34 reigniting sectarian 34 fence mending 34 galvanize 34 Violence flares 34 destabilization 34 lingering territorial disputes 34 GEORGIA BLUE CHIPS 34 Chertoff bristled 34 escalating geopolitical tensions 34 Iran arab parast 34 precipitate 34 Trahant questioned 34 oust Somchai 34 supplying Shiite militias 34 Natama 34 defuse 34 Shi'ite factions 34 cast shadow 34 Judaise Jerusalem 34 rift widens 34 Seytoff dimissed 34 Factional fighting 34 impartial newsgatherers 34 provocation 34 Hezbollah guerrillas shelled 34 expel IAEA inspectors 34 rhetorical volleys 34 diplomatic spat 34 staunchest backer 34 Greater Tunb 34 disputed Himalayan 34 stoking fears 34 legislator Mahmoud Ramahi 34 holiest sites 34 stoking inflationary pressures 34 enrage Georgian 34 risked provoking 34 aggression Lacinak 34 nuke warhead 34 Ambassador Zhang Yesui 34 risked harming 34 stoking sectarian 34 Hormuz waterway 34 retaliatory expulsions 34 Israel bitterest enemies 34 recarve 34 foment instability 34 Lodden River 34 Bosnia Serbs Croats 34 Iskanders 34 sporadic clashes erupted 34 Gujjar Meena 34 mollify critics 34 heightening fears 34 Abkhazia separatist 34 wholly severing ties 34 retaliate 34 send shockwaves 34 Darfurian movements 34 troop pullbacks 34 provoke retaliatory 34 buffer zone 34 Javad Jahangirzadeh 34 reignite 34 signaled impatience 34 leader Praveen Togadia 34 harsher punitive 34 confrontation 34 Israeli counterstrikes 34 arrange prisoner swap 34 Babhali barrage 34 Darfuri rebel groups 34 Chinese trawler collided 34 mend rifts 34 sparking pandemic 34 dispel misperceptions 34 merciless retaliatory measures 34 inflict irreparable damage 34 latest salvo 34 secessionist sentiment 34 Kurdish guerillas 34 compounded uneasiness 34 tense standoffs 34 Clemens vehemently denies 34 foment sectarian violence 34 pitting Diallo Peul 34 punitive sanctions 34 neighboring Songkhla 34 rearm Hezbollah 34 Colombian commando raid 34 Niu Jun professor 34 intolerable meddling 34 Baqouba Ramadi 34 arab muslim 34 guards Hermening 34 territorial disputes 34 blockade busting ship 34 sowing discord 34 destabilized endangering 34 backfire spectacularly 34 grossly interfered 34 Amputuan clan 34 retaliatory 34 Gen. Baluyevsky 34 marginalize 34 Kievsky station 34 foment communal 34 sow distrust 34 Georgia breakaway Abkhazia 34 Sectarian strife 34 disputed isles 34 destablising 34 former Soviet vassal 34 Suq al Shiyoukh 34 stifle dissenting voices 34 incite communal 34 Gracias Dios province 34 pre empt 34 denuclearised 34 escalates 33 top cocoa grower 33 Jewish ultranationalists 33 layered differing 33 neighboring Qadasiyah province 33 vaccination Schuchat 33 Sectarian tension 33 secessionist sentiments 33 Gunbattles erupt 33 conjunction herewith 33 Riyadh al Fadhli 33 adviser Aliyu Gusau 33 inflaming tension 33 reactivate Yongbyon 33 supporting Jundallah 33 Ta Krabey 33 interfere 33 restive Niger delta 33 Cabinda separatist 33 evidence implicating Goudeau 33 nuclearize 33 Simmering tensions 33 coincide 33 Communal tensions 33 re ignite 33 Pyongang 33 instigate strife 33 Gut Check aims 33 murder AGFirebugs 33 inter factional 33 hardline Islamist insurgent 33 pointedly disavowed 33 Enriched uranium 33 Diaoyutai islands 33 restive Himalayan 33 mend rift 33 Koreas Paik Hak 33 provoked 33 sowing chaos 33 sharpened sectarian tensions 33 deforestation poaching 33 By Syma Sayyah 33 confrontations 33 Downplaying tensions 33 Galena Ill 33 Tribal loyalties 33 Muslim cleric Muqtada 33 escalatory 33 Spontaneous demonstrations 33 tensions flared 33 Rashid Abdi Somali 33 exacerbates tensions 33 counter productive 33 Chechen warlord Doku Umarov 33 launching Qassam rockets 33 diplomatic expulsions 33 bloody factional 33 repelling Georgian 33 hegemonistic designs 33 debilitate 33 embolden extremists 33 Sorokobi 33 act preventively 33 MV Faina Ukrainian 33 everlasting hatred 33 heightened sectarian tensions 33 reconciliatory gestures 33 envoy Alexander Kalugin 33 Ambassador Uichiro Niwa 33 navy Fifth Fleet 33 Tajikistan rekindling old 33 Shia crescent 33 sow confusion 33 negatively affect 33 Farah Bala Buluk 33 Shiite theocracy 33 paramilitary Revolutionary Guards 33 Tehran denies 33 Tensions flared anew 33 Nick Massett ended 33 dark skinned immigrants 33 enrich uranium defying 33 Sporadic clashes continued 33 appeasing terrorists 33 Verbal sparring 33 warlike rhetoric 33 NKorean nuke test 33 ignite sectarian 33 quell unrest 33 antagonism 33 neigh boring 33 loyalist paramilitary feud 33 Najaf holy shrines 33 Seneca Mohawk Tuscarora 33 convict Helen Golay 33 Militant leftists 33 Kremlin clans 33 Baeknyeong 33 naval exercises 33 stopped Manevitz 33 Kortunov 33 inflame Sunni Arabs 33 inflame tempers 33 Russians insinuated 33 become extralegal militias 33 de nuclearize 33 Defiant Gaddafi 33 Syrian troop pullout 33 Cabinda FLEC 33 already besets Kirkuk 33 unprovoked Huffer 33 Michaloliakos capitalized 33 energy Isner wolfed 33 UN Ambassador Elfatih 33 frighten 33 Provocations 33 disarmed peacefully 33 unelected mullahs 33 veritable orgy carried 33 dispersed peacefully defusing 33 destablizing 33 DVD MPEG AVI 33 weaponize plutonium 33 #,# #,# range 33 Ri Jang Gon 33 gold domed shrines 33 affect 33 caused consternation 33 unpardonable provocation 33 Geopolitical tensions 33 Al Quds brigades 33 lawmaker Alaa Maki 33 oust Deby 33 Destabilizing 33 sow sedition 33 tribunal indicts 33 INTERNATIONAL Summary 33 Sporadic clashes 33 EmbeddedJanitor # 33 TENSIONS 33 Dowlatabadi emphasized 33 Buddhist vigilantes 33 incite hatred 33 uncalculated adventures 33 strait narrow chokepoint 33 Shahid Shamsi spokesman 33 Charlotte Knobloch Holocaust survivor 33 shelled Yeonpyeong Island 33 Caucusus 33 escalation 33 trounced Abbas Fatah 33 survive Operator Maintainer 33 imposing naval blockade 33 gravely undermined 33 opposes expelling Arafat 33 embarrass 33 Haim Malka deputy 33 disputed Diaoyu Islands 33 supplying EFPs 33 infringe upon 33 chiefs mend frayed 33 foment sectarian divisions 33 plotting waterborne 33 Tehran arch foe 33 gangland warfare 33 Biologist Anatoly Kochnev 33 lose Charnvit 33 sectarian reprisal attacks 33 buoying sentiment 33 sectarian reprisal 33 Helicopters hovered 33 foment 33 soothe tensions 33 Hormuz Straits 33 unfairly punishes patriots 33 further enflaming tensions 33 Bab el Tabaneh district 33 Hardline clerics 33 Sectarian tensions 33 disarm Hizbullah 33 existentially threatened 33 merciless counterattack 33 OTTAWA Differences 33 foment discord 33 Metsos disappearance 33 Abole small 33 Basherim 32 complicate matters 32 majority Shi'ites 32 representative Jean Arnault 32 neighboring Southern Kordofan 32 cocky Malvo gloated 32 Demilitarised Zone DMZ 32 retarget Russian 32 Lebanese Hezbollah guerillas 32 impede 32 Plate umpire Larry Vanover 32 Hizbullah guerrillas 32 demoralize 32 shrine glorifies 32 backfiring Sommer 32 reads Bucktooth Racin 32 hardline cleric Muqtada 32 Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee 32 toward mending frayed 32 Hizbollah guerillas 32 saber rattles 32 hateful reinjecting tension 32 archfoe 32 Futenma airbase 32 Chechen rebel warlord 32 Heightening tensions 32 middle eluded pokecheck 32 churned westward 32 internecine clashes 32 meddle 32 demilitarized zone DMZ separating 32 shelled Yeonpyeong island 32 disputed Shebaa Farms 32 Violent scuffles 32 tribal resentments 32 threaten 32 Islamic ministate 32 shelling Brega 32 Koran burnings 32 Gen. Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghadam 32 resolute countermeasures 32 Salambek Maigov 32 Sheikh Attar 32 roiled 32 SWIA conferences 32 Liang Yunxiang 32 Zuercher Kantonalbank welcomed 32 Kosovska Mitrovica Serbs 32 Javedanfar 32 NKorea vows 32 Jebel Moun 32 multistage rocket 32 SKorea cancels 32 stoking 32 Sadrist Movement 32 provocative 32 animosity 32 foreshadow 32 Spokesman Tom Dresslar 32 Mahdi Army strongholds 32 Ihab al Ghusain 32 Haji Ikramullah Khan 32 alarm bells ringing 32 merciless counterblow 32 Leilaz 32 archenemies Syria 32 scupper 32 parties Birgit Lohmeyer 32 unnerved 32 coups countercoups 32 Jakob Kellenberger ICRC 32 interconfessional 32 inflamed 32 hurl packets 32 confuse 32 Albu Mohammad 32 restive Xinjiang 32 largely autonomous Kurdistan 32 Alexander Lomaia secretary 32 conferring legitimacy 32 Abdollah Araqi top 32 resolved peacefully 32 mollify 32 Rift widens 32 uninhabited islets 32 undergoes hereditary 32 analyst Mahmoud Alinejad 32 gasoline stockdraw 32 tarnish 32 breakaway regions 32 negotiating ploy 32 reinforce 32 alienate Sunni Arabs 32 Senkaku 32 conflict begets hatred 32 Fierce clashes 32 Fatah FAH' tah 32 vociferously opposes 32 defuse sectarian tensions 32 distinctly unhelpful 32 MOGADISHU Somalia Heavy 32 pointedly excepted 32 religious pluralists 32 Wiam Wahhab pro 32 arch foes 32 mourners chanted slogans 32 closed Taspinar 32 dampen 32 frictions 32 enforces naval blockade 32 Hezbollah guerillas penetrated 32 Mahdi Army militia 32 BBC Crispin Thorold 32 strident rhetoric 32 bellicose rhetoric 32 foiling plots 32 repercussions 32 factor Safonov 32 might withered Yeltsin 32 Abyei fertile 32 deepening rifts 32 Serzh Sarksyan 32 FALLUJAH Iraq Insurgents 32 sectarian tension 32 unjustified throwback 32 politically motivated 32 Spratly islands 32 divide 32 forcefully disarm 32 DMZ Demilitarized Zone 32 erupt 32 arouse 32 inflames passions 32 unfounded fear mongering 32 jailed tycoon Mikhail 32 Nasiriyah Kut 32 al Rabii 32 fomenting strife 32 communal passions 32 repercussions Charbonnier 32 Luis Aranda Granados 32 destabilizes 32 conflictual relationship 32 diplomatic spats 32 risked inflaming tensions 32 siege Nunu 32 rattled nerves 32 Spratly 32 Adm. Eliezer Marum 32 conciliatory overtures 32 bloodsheds 32 Bustan neighborhood 32 NKorea threatens 32 stifle dissent 32 staunchest ally 32 SPORTS Summary 32 Badr Organisation 32 ethnic tensions 32 Stoking tensions 32 megadisasters 32 disengage militarily 32 Tagliavini commission 32 geopolitical tension 32 Simmering tension 32 geostrategically 32 powersharing arrangement 32 risked reigniting 32 arch foe Ethiopia 32 solved diplomatically 32 lieutenants Steny Hoyer 32 Spratly Islands 32 ore bauxite 32 rifts 32 separatist tendencies 32 react violently 32 starkly divergent views 32 emailing arturc@att.net 32 tensions simmered 32 retaliation 32 Sudan wartorn Darfur 32 radical cleric Muqtada 32 Sucden Commodity brokers 32 impinge 32 strained 32 Gunbattles 32 al Sabil terminal 32 covert drone 32 disturb 32 maritime territorial disputes 32 Unilateral sanctions 32 pancreas pancreatitis 32 sow chaos 32 delegitimising 32 expressed unremitting hostility 32 harden 32 inflicting civilian casualties 32 Arresting Mousavi 32 Barghouti candidacy 32 wield veto 32 inflame sectarian tension 32 Hamas raided Shijaiyeh 32 Shiite Houthi rebels 32 nuclearized 32 sectarian tensions gripping 32 naval maneuvers 32 Scattered clashes 32 Kremenyuk 32 spawned cyberbullies 32 Clashes 32 breakaway Abkhazia region 32 Tensions simmer 32 leaflets loudspeakers 32 Gemayel assassination 32 entangle 32 tribes subjugating 32 hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu 32 Shiite cleric Muqtada 32 displease 32 residents cowered indoors 32 suppress Kashmiris 32 Gen. Saifullah Hakim 32 brought stinging denunciations 32 enflames 32 spokesman Ibrahim Mussawi 32 Sharon rightist Likud 32 wrest concessions 32 deadly naval skirmishes 32 festering territorial disputes 32 rich Bakassi peninsula 32 instigating sectarian strife 32 incite racial 32 rapproachment 32 Baluchistan separatists 32 Sheik Emad Ghurtani 32 extremist sanctuaries 32 antagonizing 32 denouncing fear mongering 32 destabilized 32 delegitimize 32 frayed ties 32 categorically denounce 32 fomenting riots 32 warlord Doku Umarov 32 rapprochement 32 BUSINESS Summary 32 factional squabbles 32 AU mediated 31 demanded nonaggression treaty 31 haunt Blacksburg 31 Darfurian rebel groups 31 Capt. Guy Spigelman 31 entrench 31 buffer zone separating 31 disaccord 31 stoked sectarian tensions 31 Hormuz strait 31 communal strife 31 allied Janjaweed militia 31 negotiate nonaggression treaty 31 enfeeble 31 Security Commissioner Ramtane 31 PLO renunciation 31 de nuclearise 31 Yassin assassination 31 took veiled swipe 31 heightened geopolitical tensions 31 frosty relations 31 Hezbollah rearmament 31 conflict 31 Christine Rayes 31 torpedoing warship 31 restive Ogaden 31 spokeswoman Christiane Hohmann 31 veto wielding Security 31 Diaoyutai Islands 31 deepened rifts 31 Anarchy reigns 31 Unusual volume provides 31 routinely demolishes 31 appearing unsupportive 31 healing rifts 31 frighten Buddhist 31 breakaway Nagorny Karabakh 31 forestall 31 neither Murray Garnick 31 inflaming hatred 31 Tokto islets 31 avenge Mughniyeh 31 Haqqani faction 31 exchanged artillery 31 smuggles weapons 31 Diego Ojeda 31 enflaming 31 patrol pirate infested 31 retaliatory strikes 31 watchdog rebuking 31 decrease Krancer 31 Tecate Streck 31 risked stoking 31 SLM Unity 31 smitty one each # * 31 fiery artillery shelling 31 disputed Senkaku 31 fanning sectarianism 31 secessionist rebels 31 al Salihiya 31 earthshaking revenge 31 grouping ECOWAS 31 commander Hossein Salami 31 counterproductive 31 Guidelines Commenting 31 holiest Shia 31 Wael Hassanin 31 bloody crackdowns 31 intentional provocation 31 adviser Sergei Prikhodko 31 encompass SkyWest 31 al Qaida sympathizers 31 Sudan Ashraf Qazi 31 Shiraz Arak Qom 31 emir dissolved parliament 31 Distrust lingers 31 succeed Pavle 31 democratically governed 31 Shiite crescent 31 instability epidemics 31 Ramin Mehman Parast 31 wields veto 31 expert Jon Alterman 31 ignite 31 Paracel islands 31 warring Chechnya 31 Hamas propositions Nazzal 31 Burj Abi Haidar 31 tense 31 Safranchuk 31 Kevin Aandahl 31 governor Champa Phuntsok 31 Fierce gunbattles 31 disputed Senkaku islands 31 hardliners 31 unjustly trivialized 31 Avivim guerrillas fired 31 Ukraine Sokolovsky 31 scientist Efraim Inbar 31 resurgent Taliban militia 31 Darfurian rebels 31 sectarian faultline 31 Chinese trawlerman 31 sectarian rifts 31 Mughniyeh assassination 31 intervening militarily 31 Babhali dam 31 Beka'a valley 31 sharpened communal 31 Kurdish Peshmerga forces 31 sporadic skirmishes along 31 bellicose pronouncements 31 riled 31 Tensions escalated 31 Kurds Turkmens 31 strenuous denunciations 31 Fardha Nehem region 31 overran Beirut 31 NBC#Iran 31 arduous westward 31 condemns NKorea 31 Yeonpyeong shelling 31 Ryan Ludwick bloop single 31 rift 31 Deal averts 31 military fortresses impervious 31 de facto annexation 31 endorsed Scozzafava 31 Bark Peanut Butter 31 southward encroachment 31 Erekat condemned 31 Mideast peacemakers 31 prefers impugning 31 delicate balancing 31 separatist Georgian 31 Ethiopia arch foe 31 disputed Abyei 31 Strained relations 31 powerbroker Syria 31 Mending fences 31 hawkish Avigdor Lieberman 31 Ayatollah Khatami 31 Mudslides halted north 31 spokesman Dmitri Peskov 31 Amarah Basra 31 increasingly acrimonious 31 foment trouble 31 Senkakus 31 Fighting rages