1.   The tension soared on Friday when Dutch troops received orders to hand over the sector to Russian peacekeepers and move east to another area in central Kosovo.

2.   As tension soared, both sides Friday reported beatings in Sarajevo.

3.   But tensions soared on frontlines in the east and south of the former Yugoslav republic as opposing forces moved into U.N.-patrolled buffer zones.

4.   But tensions soared on frontlines in the east and south of the republic as opposing forces moved into U.N. buffer zones.

5.   But tensions soared on front lines in the east and south of the republic as opposing forces moved into U.N. buffer zones.

6.   It was unclear whether they would later travel to Mostar, where tension soared last weekend after the shooting deaths of a Muslim youth and a Croat policeman.

7.   Macedonians, Albanians prepare for war as tensions soar.

8.   No reason was given, but tensions had soared in both countries after Chirac announced plans to meet with Zeroual.

9.   On Wednesday night, tensions soared in the narrow street outside the radio station, where police were barricaded inside.

10.   On the border with Macedonia, tensions soared Sunday night when Macedonian authorities tried to divert hundreds of new arrivals into neighboring Albania by bus.