1.   It appears that longstanding tensions between Izetbegovic and his prime minister, Haris Silajdzic, have deepened.

2.   Questions over the origin of the fire have also rekindled longstanding tensions between the white and the Indian communities.

3.   The apparent disparity between aid efforts for the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico may ultimately serve to highlight longstanding tensions and resentments between the Latino ethnic groups.

4.   The fighting among pro-government parties has also worsened longstanding tensions between the two chambers of Congress.

5.   The longstanding tensions have also spilled over into relations between the Chilean government and the Vatican.

6.   Workers on the picket line say GM exacerbated longstanding tensions at the plant when it quietly removed several large stamping dies from the factory over the Memorial Day weekend.

7.   Longstanding tensions intensified last year when the Khmer Rouge revolutionary movement fragmented.

8.   Longstanding tensions in Tibet increase every March around a series of anniversaries.