71.   China has accused Taiwan of creating cross-strait tension by holding large-scale military exercises.

72.   Foreign minister Sattar reiterated that Pakistan was ready to negotiate with India and would respond immediately to any de-escalation of military tensions by New Delhi.

73.   Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Tuesday called for resolving Indian-Pakistan tensions by prayer rather than violence.

74.   US President Bill Clinton asked Turkey and Greece to defuse bilateral tensions by rescheduling their coinciding war games in the Aegean, the Anatolia news agency said Sunday.

75.   Kosovo is a south Serbian province with a huge ethnic Albanian majority where Belgrade has sparked ethnic tension by transferring thousands of Serb refugees from Croatia.

76.   NATO attempted to ease tension by blocking the movement of convoys of refugees over the weekend but that policy failed when frustration boiled over into violence Monday.

77.   Other players, notably skipper Alessandro Nesta and midfielder Fabio Liverani sought to diffuse the tension by speaking with the supporters.

78.   Prince Norodom Ranariddh on Friday accused co-prime minister Hun Sen of increasing political tension by engineering an attempt to topple him as president of the royalist party.

79.   Sattar reiterated that Pakistan was ready to hold negotiations with India on the dispute and would respond immediately to any de-escalation of military tensions by New Delhi.

80.   The commander of US troops in South Korea has condemned North Korea for hightening tension by provoking a fierce gunbattle in in the Yellow Sea.