ethnic unrest

Moscow is also preoccuppied with ethnic unrest within its own borders.

China struggled to contain ethnic unrest in Tibetan areas this spring.

Second, the rising tide of nationalism could provoke ethnic unrest in China.

The Soviet press briefly reported the imposition of military discipline after ethnic unrest broke out in the city last month.

A "single major event" like a prolonged strike or new ethnic unrest could lead to economic chaos, the agencies said.

Ethnic unrest in the western region of Kurdistan has led to the death of civilians and security forces.

China has already has experienced ethnic unrest and separatist demonstrations in Tibet.

But a wave of ethnic unrest, destruction, bloodshed and chaos shrouded the country in darkness.

The book describes the nation as having been a desolate wasteland for much of its history, torn by civil war and ethnic unrest.

Further, the refugees could set off ethnic unrest and tarnish the image of Eastern European countries trying to improve themselves.

Tanks are patrolling the capital of Georgia after the latest outbreak of ethnic unrest.

In the last 10 days the Chinese press has paid particular attention to the nation's 8 percent minority population, and has warned of possible ethnic unrest.

Ethnic unrest has increased general lawlessness in Sri Lanka.

But it was widely read as a warning against assorted nationalist movements and ethnic unrest, which now preoccupy his Government.

They point to growing economic chaos and ethnic unrest, to his unpopularity at home and recent adoption of authoritarian measures.

Troops of the former Soviet Army sent by Moscow to help quell ethnic unrest are being pulled out.

There, it said, "ethnic unrest during the last two years has devastated the economy and contributed to a general breakdown in law and order.

In 1977, it was the scene of ethnic unrest, forcing the evacuation of the Comorian minority living there.

A commission has been established to investigate complaints against security forces that put down the violent ethnic unrest in Kosovo province, the police chief said today.

The February attack is among the most recent incidents of ethnic unrest that has plagued this East African nation since 1990.

Result: resentment, ethnic unrest, bankerphobia, riots and worse.

Ethnic unrest contributed to the disarray.

They sealed off official buildings and several central squares in the latest move to contain spreading ethnic unrest in two Soviet republics.

The Soviet Union is increasingly fraught with nationalist and ethnic unrest, and its economy cannot fulfill the basic needs of the people.

Perhaps the essential task of bringing in the new democracies of eastern Europe will founder on economic collapse, ethnic unrest and social upheaval.