1.   Moreover, lowering tensions would likely pave the way for the North to attract aid and foreign investment.

2.   Albright said lowering tensions between the two sides had top U.S. priority.

3.   But communications passed through the United States on Wednesday apparently succeeded in lowering tensions.

4.   But messages passed through the United States on Wednesday apparently succeeded in lowering tensions.

5.   The UN hopes a lowering tension in the area will enable the fate of eastern Slavonia to be resolved through negotiation rather than force.