11.   Sentiment against the American bases on Okinawa have been running high since three U.S servicemen raped a schoolgirl last September, sparking an unprecedented wave of protests.

12.   Several chicken retailers said on Sunday they were struggling to break even because a few importers and wholesalers had deliberately kept prices high since the bird flu crisis.

13.   Tension between the two officials had been high since Friday, when Saint-Louis accused Severe of having plotted to assassinate him.

14.   Tension has been high since protests intensified in January this year.

15.   Tensions along the border have been high since pro-government ethnic Karen guerrillas from Burma crossed into Thailand last week and burned camps housing refugees loyal to a rival group.

16.   Tensions have been high since the March crackdown.

17.   Tensions have been high since the killings last week of eight government commandos in an ambush near Tetovo, in northwestern Macedonia.

18.   Tensions in the Gulf have been high since mid-December U.S.-British airstrikes against Iraq.

19.   The German mark has been fully corrected to the level it should be after riding too high since last year, the German Central Bank said Tuesday.