1.   The Bensonhurst murder trial aggravated racial tensions within the city as the circumstances of the killing were portrayed by many black spokesmen as tantamount to a latter-day lynching.

2.   Analysts said failure by France to reduce its deficit to the same level as Germany could aggravate tensions between the two nations.

3.   Abu Irdeina said blocking the workers had aggravated the tensions in Gaza, where more than a million Palestinians live in a narrow strip of land.

4.   But it has also aggravated racial tensions.

5.   But, until Thursday, U.N. military commanders in the former Yugoslavia had argued against military action, saying it would resolve nothing and would only aggravate tensions.

6.   His son has renounced university life to pursue a career in pop music, aggravating the tension between them.

7.   The government acknowledges that the influx threatens the land and wildlife but insists that any delay in resettling people will only aggravate tensions.

8.   The investment could aggravate tensions between the U.S and the European Union, which is challenging U.S. laws that punish companies doing business in Iran, Libya and Cuba.

9.   Wednesday Parliament members from Shas brought their grievances to President Ezer Weizman, who cautioned them not to aggravate ethnic tensions.

10.   Palestinian police chief Ghazi Jabali banned similar trade union protests planned in four West Bank towns, apparently in order not to aggravate tensions with Israel.