41.   However, ensuing tension between the two countries over Kashmir, leading to threats of war, delayed its ratification.

42.   The invasion occurred after a build-up of tension between Iraq and Kuwait.

43.   A visit to the United States by the hardline Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Sharon in late April and early May increased tension between Israel and the USA.

44.   The postponement reflected increased tension between the two states during August.

45.   There were reports in December of rising tension between Myanma and Bangladesh.

46.   The fighting, which often spilled into Thai territory, increased tension between the military authorities in Myanma and Thailand.

47.   There was continuing low-level tension between the two countries, however, over the incursions made by Turkish fishing vessels into Bulgarian territorial waters in the Black Sea.

48.   In the wake of the referendum tension between Serbs and Moslems in particular increased sharply.

49.   The announcement represented a compromise after weeks of tension between the government and the parliamentary opposition.

50.   The dispute had been complicated by tension between the federal Czechoslovak government and the Slovak government, the main advocate of the project.