41.   If tension eases, the two Koreas can start new large-scale economic exchanges and cooperation, Kim said.

42.   In a street scarred by shell and rocket attacks, they suddenly burst out laughing and their tension eased.

43.   In another town taken over by rebel fighters on the eve of the election, Achkhoi-Martan, ITAR-Tass said tensions were easing.

44.   In Nairobi, an agreement between opposition and ruling party legislators on a series of crucial legal and constitutional reforms raised hopes that tensions could ease.

45.   Interior Ministry spokesman Ndrek Gjini promised to send forces from Tirana by Thursday if the tension there does not ease.

46.   In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher suggested that tensions may be easing between India and Pakistan.

47.   Internal tensions eased, although more than a decade passed before the Defense Department gained full custody.

48.   Kim said inter-Korean tension would further ease if a cross-border railway linking the two Korean states is built as scheduled.

49.   Labor tension eased Friday when a conservative labor group reversed itself and decided to continue to negotiate with the government on ways to reduce layoffs.

50.   Military officials in Battambang said sporadic fighting continued Saturday in Phnom Tipaday, but overall tensions had eased.