11.   Relations between the two neighbors has always been troubled, but tensions soared in December after the Indian Parliament was attacked.

12.   Tensions have soared in Croatia as the U.N. revamps its mission.

13.   Tensions have soared in Croatia as the U.N. tries to draw down its mission there and compromise between demands from Croatia and from the rebel Serbs.

14.   Tensions have soared in Croatia as the United Nations tries to compromise between Croat and Serb demands for its mission there.

15.   Tensions have soared in Kosovo since a bloody Serb police crackdown on alleged terrorists in the province last month.

16.   Tensions have soared in the former Yugoslav republic following clashes last week between police and ethnic Albanians at their unofficial university in Tetovo, in western Macedonia.

17.   Tensions have soared since February, when ethnic Albanian militants launched their insurgency.

18.   Tensions have soared since the Bosnian government arrested two Serb military officers on suspicion of war crimes.

19.   Tensions soared between Burundi and Tanzania after Tanzanian leaders accused the Tutsi-led military of cross-border attacks on Hutu rebels hiding in refugee camps.

20.   Tensions soared two weeks ago after an elderly Serb couple was found murdered in their burning home.