But senior Western diplomats said a political deal was proving extremely difficult, notwithstanding the latest provocations, because of continuing splits among the ethnic Albanians.

The latest provocation came last month, when 24 Hindus were massacred there.

Unbidden, the memory of her latest provocation sprang forth and sizzled through his mind, its smoldering heat threatening to sear his loins to cinders.

Marilyn Manson's latest provocation, "Mechanical Animals," is due this week, no doubt to howls of protest from some faction he has taken pains to offend.

-and, indeed, Kim is perhaps more the intended beneficiary than the brainchild of the latest provocation.

The latest Japanese provocations in the Pacific were clearly the long-expected prelude to a move against the Hawaiian Islands, aimed at the final strategic isolation of Australia.

The tobacco farmer lunged forward, his face red with anger at the latest provocation from Washington.

Increased diplomatic pressure is the right first response to Mr. Hussein's latest provocation.

This is the latest German provocation which ignores the Polish-German border.

Washington must not let the latest Chinese provocation go unanswered.