11.   Midzi says he believes tourists will return in numbers, particularly if political tensions ease after the presidential election expected, but not yet scheduled, next year.

12.   Since then, tensions have eased slightly, but the ELN continues to operate as a kind of parallel government in remote Venezuelan municipalities.

13.   Tensions eventually eased when Ghana freed the detained Guineans.

14.   Tensions have since eased, and American now seems resigned to letting Air Jamaica have its share of the market.

15.   Textile companies, that sell to China, reportedly have said China has increased orders for their products even though political tensions have not eased.

16.   The tension eased after former secret police chief Pedro Espinoza agreed to hand himself over to police and go to prison.

17.   The tension eased slightly Thursday when the U.S. Department of Energy, which operates SRS, said it would delay the plutonium shipments to South Carolina until October.

18.   There were no new incursions tonight for the second night in a row, raising hopes that tensions here might ease for now.

19.   While political tensions have eased, the two countries remain apart on their philosophies regarding the Andean Pact, and especially on the sensitive issue of tariffs.

20.   Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Monday said the danger of a war with India is not over, despite indications from New Delhi that tensions have eased somewhat.