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

2.   The agreement was regarded as a means of defusing ethnic tensions.

3.   The plagues of aggressive nationalism, racism, chauvinism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and ethnic tension are still widespread.

4.   The shooting inflamed ethnic tensions.

5.   Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war.

6.   ...ethnic tensions.

7.   Moldavia refused to hold the referendum on the grounds that it would worsen ethnic tensions in the republic.

8.   Latest reports from what was Yugoslavia describe the situation as a potential tinderbox, medical teams from Britain have been warned of growing ethnic tensions.

9.   Among them are rising Islamic insurgency, drug trafficking, international terrorism, severe poverty and potentially explosive ethnic tensions.