Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 49 aggravate tensions 47 exacerbate tensions 47 deepening rift 46 transatlantic rift 46 destabilize 46 destablise 46 Shi'ite factions 46 mend ties 45 chronically unstable 45 stoke tensions 45 Shi'ite Islamists 45 Fighting erupts 45 spiraling sectarian 45 Escalating violence 45 staunchly Roman Catholic 44 Great Schism 44 Disenchantment 44 exacerbating tensions 44 inflame tensions 44 Violence flares 44 divide 44 ally Gianfranco Fini 44 heal rifts 44 provoke backlash 43 Factionalism 43 Opinion polls indicate 43 frayed ties 43 nationalist passions 43 rifts 43 rift 43 inflame sectarian tensions 43 bode ill 43 southern secessionist movement 43 NKorea vows 43 gloom deepens 42 democratically governed 42 Destabilizing 42 bloc 42 reshuffles cabinet 42 fomenting instability 42 cobble together coalition 42 disunity 42 sheikhdoms 42 undermine 42 stoke sectarian tensions 42 Yearender 42 Kurds Sunni Arabs 42 weaken 42 disunited 41 pluralistic societies 41 Balkanisation 41 regions bordering 41 communal polarization 41 hegemonism 41 schism 41 Voter apathy 41 estrange 41 Kosovo LDK 41 embolden 41 fractious 41 Toru Umemoto chief 41 Predominantly Muslim 41 Barisan Nasional coalition 41 tripartite alliance 41 Arab monarchies 41 worldwide Anglican communion 40 GDP shrank 40 wrest concessions 40 Hashemite monarchy 40 stoking tensions 40 predominantly animist 40 Euroskeptic 40 SNAP ANALYSIS 40 Odinga Luo 40 unity 40 reunify Cyprus 40 regionā 40 widening gap 40 Arabs Turkomen 40 Europeā 40 Shi ite 40 African bloc ECOWAS 40 speaking Wallonia 40 Greeceā 40 impoverished Arabian Peninsula 40 voting blocs 40 Marco Follini 40 tattered balance sheets 40 SANAA Yemen Yemen 40 Deadly clashes 40 ease tensions 40 Centrists 40 alienate 40 ungoverned border 40 Stocks tumble 40 mediate truce 40 schisms 40 deep rifts 40 By Laurie Kulikowski 40 delegitimise 39 brightening outlook