21.   Local officials said they feared the attack in Jolo, a Muslim-dominated town in Sulu province, would worsen tensions between Christians and Muslims.

22.   Local officials said they feared the attack in Jolo, a Muslim-dominated town, would worsen tensions between Christians and Muslims.

23.   New financial controls imposed by China on its trading companies have cut the flow of imports and threatened to worsen tensions with its major trading partners.

24.   The arrests were likely to worsen tensions in Sarajevo, which is already jittery over preparations for reunification of the capital under Bosnian government rule.

25.   That request was dropped weeks ago after Israel apparently feared the extradition would worsen regional tension.

26.   Syria warned it may take a dispute with Turkey over the Euphrates River to the U.N. Security Council, worsening tensions with its powerful northern neighbor.

27.   The Clinton administration said the measure could worsen tensions across the Taiwan Strait.

28.   The continued presence of the refugees has worsened ethnic tensions between minority Tutsis and majority Hutus in eastern Zaire.

29.   The continued use of the death penalty in violation of international standards will help worsen tensions between races and classes, Ndiaye said.

30.   The move is certain to worsen tensions with the ethnic Albanian majority there.