51.   The air raids will not help break the deadlock but rather will escalate tensions, he said.

52.   The ambassadors agreed there was no need for sanctions against Canada now, and that discussing retaliation would escalate tension unnecessarily.

53.   The ambush, one of a spate of recent guerrilla attacks in the zone, escalated tension on the eve of a U.S.-sponsored anti-terrorism summit in Egypt.

54.   The cross-border incidents in recent weeks have escalated tensions between Thailand and Burma, which have enjoyed close ties in recent years.

55.   The deadly attack is likely to escalate tensions in Israeli-occupied south Lebanon, the last active Arab-Israeli war front.

56.   The disagreement has escalated political tensions as Wahid fights to stay in office.

57.   The exercises escalate tensions between China and Taiwan that already are high because of missile tests that ended Friday and live-fire military exercises that are ongoing.

58.   The crackdown seriously escalated tensions in the capital of Serbia, the dominant republic of Yugoslavia.

59.   The deadly attack is likely to escalate tensions in south Lebanon, the last active Arab-Israeli war front.

60.   The defections were an embarrassing blow to Saddam and have escalated tension in the region.