51.   Whether the accusations of election-rigging are true or not, they have raised tensions in the towns where the votes are being tabulated.

52.   Palestinian negotiator Hassan Asfour said Israel was to blame for the violence, saying Netanyahu raised tensions by not releasing prisoners and continuing to expand Jewish settlements.

53.   Palestinian negotiator Hassan Asfour said Israel was to blame for the violence, saying Netanyahu raised tensions by not releasing prisoners and by continuing to expand Jewish settlements.

54.   Palestinian negotiator Hassan Asfour said Netanyahu had raised tensions by not releasing prisoners and continuing to expand Jewish settlements.

55.   Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov returned home early Wednesday after calling off a trip to the United States, and said NATO airstrikes against Yugoslavia would only raise international tensions.

56.   Purchase of the missiles has been criticized by the United States and other Western governments, which argue that they will raise tension in the region.

57.   A botched coup last week has raised tensions even further.

58.   A botched coup attempt last weekend has raised tensions further.

59.   A demonstration in front of the embassy is planned for Wednesday to demand Johnson be handed over, further raising the tensions.

60.   A hand grenade explosion in an ethnically mixed Skopje neighborhood just before midnight raised tensions but left no casualties.