101.   But tensions remained high.

102.   Butler said tensions would remain high as long as Iraq insisted on barring monitors from certain sites.

103.   By Sunday, most protesters had withdrawn from the streets, though tensions remained high.

104.   But U.N.-sponsored peace efforts have failed to bring a political solution, and tensions remain high throughout the region with occasional violence reported.

105.   Croatia has begun pulling out its troops from a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone in southern Croatia, but tensions remained high because rebel Serbs crept in after them.

106.   Croats and Muslims are allies in a Bosnian federation, but tension remains high in Mostar.

107.   Crossings went down to only a few daily and tensions remain high.

108.   Despite months of relative peace, tensions remain between and also within the ethnic communities.

109.   Despite a strong initial turnout, tensions remained high between pro- and anti-independence forces.

110.   Despite the gestures, tensions remained high in the capital, where French troops and presidential guards controlled downtown.