Frictions between Islam and the West often flare up - like when when a Danish newspaper published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed - or when Muslim girls in Europe went to school wearing veils, or new minarets in Switzerland were banned.
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Mr Shevardnadze, sensing a slippage in his popularity among economic losers (and also the victims ofa flare-up of fighting around Abkhazia in May), announced a wide-ranging cabinet shuffle this week.
Stocks could be hit by widely expected interest rate rises in the US, the UK and Europe, as central banks try to control the risk ofa flare-up of inflation.