41.   Border tensions have escalated over the killings of eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist by the Taliban in August.

42.   Both have said they are determined that tensions do not escalate into a nuclear war.

43.   De Charette said France would maintain its present military commitment in Bosnia to ensure tensions do not escalate into another war.

44.   From tiny Hong Kong to faraway Australia, Asia is watching nervously as China-Taiwan tensions escalate.

45.   Gunmen fired on Macedonian police in the tense northwest amid fears that simmering tensions could escalate into fresh armed clashes, a government spokesman said Sunday.

46.   He expressed hope that tensions would not escalate to an armed clash between China and Taiwan.

47.   It was not immediately clear who was fighting, although tensions have been escalating in recent days between troops loyal to President Laurent Kabila and his one-time Rwandan allies.

48.   Jones said the talks also dealt with the situation in south Lebanon, where tension has escalated in the last few days following Israeli threats to avenge the bombings.

49.   On Wednesday, tensions escalated.

50.   Tension has escalated since a December attack on the Indian parliament.