1.   It is feared that the growing ethnic tension could lead to civil war.

2.   Before the legislation, drivers desperate to win fares cut rates, taxi fleets competed fiercely, and tensions sometimes led to violence.

3.   Energy issues rose on heightened concern that Middle East tensions will lead to a military conflict, disrupting oil supplies from the region.

4.   Increased tension has led to slower Taiwan economic growth and a plunge in local stock prices, analysts said.

5.   Increased tension has led to a number of suicides among peacekeepers, and two soldiers suffered nervous breakdowns last weekend in Bosnia.

6.   Prolonged tensions could lead to higher insurance charges and re-routing, eroding earnings for shipping companies and traders shipping cargo across the Taiwan straits via Hong Kong.

7.   The comments heightened concern that mounting tensions could lead to supply disruptions.

8.   This tension has led Congress to balk at paying back dues it owes the United Nations.

9.   A group of journalists said Wednesday that mounting political tensions had led to increased threats and acts of intimidation against Cambodian newspaper reporters, editors and distributors.

10.   AMNESTY-CUBA, human rights group says international tensions could lead to more repression in Cuba.