11.   Sino-U.S. relations have grown tense since the White House allowed the president of rival Taiwan to visit last month.

12.   The atmosphere in Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, has grown tense since election officials reversed course and decided to recount votes by hand.

13.   The Indonesian province has been tense since last month, when indigenous Christian tribesmen attacked homes and businesses belonging to Muslim settlers from the island of Madura.

14.   The province has been tense since last July when armed tribesmen fired on a convoy of cars carrying two Cabinet ministers and the local governor.

15.   The situation in the state has been tense since then.

16.   The province has been tense since last month, when indigenous Christian tribesmen attacked homes and businesses belonging to Muslim settlers from the island of Madura.

17.   However sources said the area has been tense since the start of the month.

18.   AIP said Khost has been tense since the ouster of the Taliban regime late last year.

19.   Bandung has been tense since Thursday night when flyers circulated in some parts of city carrying threats to burn property belonging to ethnic Chinese and Christians, residents said.

20.   The situation around Sarajevo has remained tense since the failure of both Serbs and Bosnian government forces to renew an often-violated ceasefire at the end of April.