1.   He declined to discuss recent tension between Israel and the Arab world, including a recommendation by the Arab League to re-start the Arab boycott against Israel.

2.   Rumsfeld also may visit several Persian Gulf states before or after he goes to India and Pakistan to discuss tensions over Kashmir.

3.   Shares of U.S. automakers rose as President Bill Clinton met with South Korean President Kim Young Sam to discuss political tensions on the peninsula.

4.   A spokesman for the prime minister did not know whether they discussed the tensions between the central African nations.

5.   A U.S. State Department envoy, Thomas Miller, was expected here later Thursday to discuss tensions between the two NATO allies with senior foreign ministry officials.

6.   A U.S. State Department envoy, Thomas Miller, was expected to discuss tensions between the two NATO allies with senior foreign ministry officials.

7.   Albright and Green met Monday night to discuss the tensions.

8.   And British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Islamabad and New Delhi next week to discuss the tensions.

9.   And on Tuesday night, Pakistan said British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Islamabad next Monday to discuss the tensions.

10.   Aziz and Ivanov later discussed the tensions in the Middle East in a late-night meeting.