Mr. Russert questioned Mrs. Clinton on a range of topics, including military tribunals, bioterrorism, and the current strife in Israel.

We absorb images and information about the current strife every time we turn on the television, listen to the radio or pick up a newspaper.

The latest episodes have raised fears among many Iraqis that the current civil strife may erupt into full-blown bloodshed with rounds of revenge killings.

Representative Henry J. Hyde of Illinois, a senior Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee, also discerns partisan motives in the current strife.

The city of Juba, the capital of southern Sudan, was home to the thriving nightlife prior to the current strife in that area.

At independence in 1962, the kingdoms were again divided, adopting their modern names and the ethnic mix that has been at the heart of the current strife.

Army Position Pivotal The army's position is considered vital in dealing with the current strife in Kosovo, the worst rioting in Yugoslavia's postwar history.

Troops on the ground in Iraq have said recently that current sectarian strife there reminded them of the situation in the former Yugoslavia.

The current strife between the railroad and the United Transportation Union began to build in early November, after what the union described as several serious safety incidents.

The current strife over requiring the study of non-Western subjects, he writes, is strictly par for the course.