91.   As tensions rose, both countries slashed their diplomatic staffs, halted overflight rights for airplanes and ended train service.

92.   As tension rose in the region this week following reports of Iraqi troop movements south of Baghdad, there was no sign that Kuwait would repeat that policy.

93.   As Washington tried to salvage its Mideast peace mission, tensions rose over Israeli construction plans on disputed land in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Yitzhar.

94.   At least a dozen journalists were assaulted as tensions rose after the attack, Reporters Without Borders said.

95.   As social tension rose, the government banned the demonstration and put anti-riot police on the streets to defuse potential violence.

96.   As tension rose, officials turned off the audio system that normally allows journalists and other visitors to hear radio traffic between Mir and ground controllers.

97.   As tensions rose between Pakistan and India, Bush told Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee the United States would cooperate with India in its fight against terror.

98.   As Washington tried to salvage its Mideast peace mission, tensions rose over Israeli construction plans on disputed land.

99.   Australia angered Iraq by joining the U.S. and British military force in the Gulf when tensions rose early this year over U.N. weapons inspections.

100.   Both groups tried to keep warm as night fell and tensions rose.