51.   However, recent deployments of North Korean combat aircraft and artillery to positions further south already had sharpened tension along the DMZ.

52.   Israel on Sunday looked to the United States to help calm tensions along its border with Lebanon after Hezbollah guerrillas rained rockets on northern Galilee.

53.   But defense ministry officials here said the alert was over on Wednesday, with no other signs of unusual tension along the DMZ dividing the two Koreas.

54.   But there has been no sign of a de-escalation of tensions along the border and Singh stressed that New Delhi was waiting for concrete action from Islamabad.

55.   Clerides also denied his side had agreed to a package of UN measures aimed at reducing tension along the UN-patrolled Green Line which divides the two communities.

56.   The move immediately drew sharp criticism from neighbouring Pakistan which accused India of escalating military tensions along the already fraught border.

57.   The talks come amid a sharp rise in tension along the southern Lebanon border after increased fighting between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israeli forces.

58.   The top administrator in the Mongolian Border Army has denied Russian reports of tension along their common frontier resulting from illegal border crossings, Xinhua said Wednesday.

59.   The Washington talks come amid a sharp rise in tension along the southern Lebanon border after increased fighting between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israeli forces.

60.   The violence flared as Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres said he had reports that Hezbollah was trying to lower tensions along the border.