1.   Tensions worsened when the Western Massachusetts Order of Black Law Enforcement Officers said that during the party last month, a ham was presented to Brown.

2.   Tensions worsened when the hospital dismissed four doctors.

3.   Fearing that tensions would worsen, Interior Minister Neritan Ceka called an emergency session of parliament and accused the Democrats of staging the protests.

4.   Hojatoleslam Mohammad Javad Hojjati Kermani, in remarks published by the newspaper Etelaat, said tension would worsen the crisis.

5.   Tensions worsened this week when one of the protesters pointed a rifle at the head of an off-duty Mountie.

6.   Tensions worsened when China carried out missile tests in seas near Taiwan shortly after the visit.

7.   But officials said Musharraf was referring to frontline troops on the Afghan border, which may be thinned out later if the tensions with India worsen.

8.   But military officials said Musharraf was referring to frontline troops on the Afghan border, which may be thinned out later if the tensions with India worsen.

9.   But the officials said Musharraf was referring to frontline troops on the Afghan border, which may be thinned out later if the tensions with India worsen.

10.   Cross-strait tension worsened since Lee made a trip to the United States last June, a move interpreted by Beijing as an attempt to promote independence.