61.   The dispute has escalated tensions between the uneasy neighbors causing a buildup of troops and fears of an all-out confrontation.

62.   THE DISPUTE over the new saving funds draft law is rapidly escalating tension between the government and the professional associations.

63.   The dispute has escalated tensions and led to occasional violent confrontations between Indian groups and landowners or those working the lands.

64.   The dispute has escalated tensions between the uneasy neighbors.

65.   The expected measures follow the breakdown of auto trade talks last weekend and are considered likely to escalate trade tensions between the two countries.

66.   The fighting has escalated tensions between the hostile neighbors, raising fears that daily artillery duels across the cease-fire line could spread to a wider war.

67.   The Indian action threatened to escalate tensions between nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors India and Pakistan.

68.   The Indian action threatened to escalate tensions between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors.

69.   The incident escalated tensions between the Bush administration and Muslims, who were upset last week when Vice President Dick Cheney canceled an appearance with them.

70.   The legislature was likely to defy her and further escalate tensions in the Serb sub-state in Bosnia.