31.   Russia has warned that the ballot might aggravate tensions and disrupt fragile peace efforts in the area.

32.   Rioting in several cities last month by Buddhist monks against Muslims has aggravated tensions.

33.   Russia has warned that the ballot might aggravate tensions and disrupt fragile peace efforts in Nagorno-Karabakh.

34.   Sutherland predicted that the currency turmoil and impact on exports and imports would likely aggravate trade tensions.

35.   Tensions were aggravated by the slaying last month of a government consultant on the reforms.

36.   Such a move would aggravate tension with nuclear neighbor India, which also announced its intention to deploy nuclear armed submarines.

37.   Tensions have been aggravated by complaints about restrictions on political activity, including a ban on opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri and her top supporters running for parliament.

38.   The dispute could aggravate tensions in U.S. relations with Singapore, an affluent economic partner in East Asia.

39.   The edict aggravated tensions between fundamentalist and moderate factions.

40.   The nuclear tests aggravated tension and after a war of words, soldiers exchanged gun and mortar fire across Kashmir for weeks.