91.   Before his departure for North Korea, Nunn said he hoped to raise security issues and help defuse tension.

92.   Before his departure for North Korea, Nunn said he hoped to raise security issues and help defuse tensions.

93.   Barak flew home from Paris amid Israeli reports of a breakdown of efforts to defuse tensions.

94.   Blair urges Pakistan to defuse tensions over Kashmir.

95.   Blair urges Pakistani prime minister to move swiftly to defuse tensions with India over Kashmir.

96.   Both Yeltsin and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin have tried to defuse political tensions in meetings with party leaders.

97.   Both Yeltsin and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin have tried to defuse political tensions, holding meetings with party leaders.

98.   Brahimi visited Angola several weeks ago in an effort to defuse tensions.

99.   Britain urged Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to move swiftly to defuse tensions with India over the disputed Kashmir region.

100.   But in a move that could help defuse tensions, the Israeli police announced they would prevent any more settlers from moving into the Ras al-Amud neighborhood.