21.   Dozens of students launched a second hunger strike Thursday, escalating tensions hours after police broke up their initial protest.

22.   Dozens of students staged a second hunger strike Thursday, escalating tensions hours after police broke up their initial protest.

23.   Escalating tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad has military analysts concerned that a fourth war may not be out of the question.

24.   EU sources close to the meeting said the ambassadors agreed there was no need for sanctions against Canada now, and that talk of retaliation would escalate tension unnecessarily.

25.   EU sources close to the meeting said the ambassadors agreed there was no need for sanctions against Canada now, and that talk of retaliation would escalate tensions unnecessarily.

26.   Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa urged the United Nations to fire chief weapons inspector Richard Butler, accusing him of escalating the tension between Iraq and the United States.

27.   EU sources close to the meeting said the ambassadors agreed there was no need for sanctions against Canada now, and that discussing retaliation would escalate tension unnecessarily.

28.   Failure to do so would certainly escalate tension on the peninsula.

29.   Greek Cypriot plans to deploy Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles on the island have escalated tension.

30.   Gunmen held dozens of people hostage in a small village in northwestern Macedonia on Sunday, further escalating tensions in the volatile Balkan country.