71.   This exacerbated ethnic tensions locally, since many ethnic Albanian refugees stayed behind.

72.   While a mutiny or revolt by white soldiers or policemen seemed unlikely, the case has exacerbated racial tension ahead of the formation of the Truth Commission.

73.   While a revolt by white soldiers or policemen seemed unlikely, the case has exacerbated racial tension ahead of the formation of the Truth Commission.

74.   For their part, the Burundi authorities are worried that the presence of Hutu former Rwandan army troops and Hutu militia in the country could exacerbate tensions within Burundi.

75.   In the mainly Islamic north groups have sprung up to enforce the Sharia law code, exacerbating tensions with the Christian minority.

76.   Against a background of increasingly fractious exchanges in parliament, a bomb blast outside the interior ministry earlier this week has exacerbated tensions.

77.   But he stressed that the arrival of more refugees on Zairean soil would exacerbate existing tensions with the indigenous populations, many of whom live in equally miserable conditions.

78.   Differences over NATO expansion eastward have exacerbated tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

79.   The oil market fears more than ever that Saddam Hussein might launch fresh military offensives, exacerbating tensions in the region, said Nick Antill from BZW.

80.   The multiple killing of four brothers in their home earlier this week has exacerbated sectarian tensions.