11.   Kinshasa was tense on Friday with troops roaming through the streets, questioning pedestrians and manning checkpoints at intersections.

12.   Relations between the countries became more tense on Saturday after Surinamese army boats forced a Canadian-owned oil rig out of disputed waters near the border.

13.   The capital was tense on Sunday, one day after grenades were thrown at the homes of politicians who have vowed to hold elections in two weeks.

14.   The republic was tense on Thursday, but peaceful.

15.   The situation is tense on both sides of the ethnic divide, said Janowski.

16.   While Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev held out for last-minute talks and Russia extended its ultimatum to disarm, the atmosphere remained tense on the farm.

17.   Goma was tense on Friday and it was difficult to move around.

18.   Armenia remained tense on Thursday after tanks rolled into the capital in a crackdown on opposition protesters challenging the re-election of President Levon Ter-Petrossian.

19.   Officials and reporters on the scene said the Jolo capital remained tense on Wednesday.

20.   Nardaran was still tense on Tuesday.