71.   Russian and American troops controlling the area had been on heightened alert recently due to the tense situation.

72.   Pulikovsky said there was no change in the tense situation in Grozny.

73.   Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday a very tense situation exists between the two South Asian nuclear powers.

74.   Schroeder also discussed the tense situation in Kosovo with Russian leaders.

75.   Soldiers fired mortars Wednesday between the neighboring capitals of Congo and the Republic of Congo, intensifying the already tense situation in the two cities.

76.   South Korean Foreign Minister Gong Ro-myung arrived in Moscow on Sunday for talks expected to focus mainly on resolving the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula.

77.   South Korean Foreign Minister Gong Ro-myung arrives Sunday in Moscow for talks expected to focus mainly on resolving the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula.

78.   State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns refused to speculate on what might happen next in the increasingly tense situation.

79.   Still resorting yet again to the confidence tactic was the latest indication of the tense Italian political situation that has helped batter the lira in recent weeks.

80.   That prospect worries residents of the Serb capital, many of whom are unwilling to divulge their names given the tense situation.