1.   The federal government pumps a lot of the additional money into poor southern states in a bid to quell political tensions sparked by poverty.

2.   The new proposals are unlikely to quell the tension, as both labor and business leaders criticized them.

3.   Army troops were on standby to quell the tension in the Eastern Cape Province, as the former Transkei is known.

4.   Meanwhile, demonstrators jeered a European security envoy seeking to quell tensions in the former Yugoslav republic.

5.   The decision is a further move towards quelling tensions that reached fever pitch over the past week with violent police crackdowns on pro-opposition demonstrators in the capital.

6.   The government has also fired several local officials in the Jalalabad region, but this has failed to quell tension and protests and clashes have continued.

7.   The magazine interviewed several executives for suggestions on how to quell tensions among employees.

8.   They pledged to quell the tension along the border and strengthen communications between front-line commanders.

9.   The United States has played a major role in the international diplomatic drive to quell tensions between the two rivals.

10.   US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is due to travel to South Asia in the near future in a bid to quell tensions.