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Such divides were fomented by secular rulers, he said, with the dueling popes each claiming legitimacy.

The French military high command was convinced that they were fomented by "pacifists and socialists", egged on by German agents and inspired by the popular revolt which began in Russia that March.

I remember intelligent and sincere Iraqis assuring me in the 1990s that differences between Shia, Sunni and Kurd were fomented by the regime and would evaporate once it was overthrown.

The quantity analysis provided evidence that Latin American production networks increased during the studied period, and they were fomented by import of machinery parts and components from the ROW, LA, EA, and North America.

The company, unwilling to admit falls in rubber plant stocks, publicly stated that the rebellions were fomented by missionaries.

Fifth column activities within units of the 4th Army were fomented by the Croatian fascist organisation, the Ustaše, which facilitated German establishment of the bridgehead at Barcs, and resulted in a number of significant revolts within units.

The recent violence against innocent people has been fomented by political opponents of the government.

"It was fomented by people who are taking a very limited view of things," he said.

"It did not address the violence that I believe is fomented by Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian Authority.

A great deal of panic is being fomented by the discovery that Findus "beef" lasagne was, in fact, made up of anything up to 100 per cent horse meat.

It is not as easy for governments to argue, as they did in the past, that revolts in countries like Libya have been fomented by outsiders.