Elsewhere in the Middle East, tensions are either escalating or are brewing dangerously.

Due to the escalating political tensions, and the outbreak of World War II, these developments were largely kept secret.

With unemployment rising, income dropping to record low levels, and internal tensions escalating, fighting between supporters of Hamas and Fatah began.

During the reporting period, progress was made by the Joint Verification Mechanism and the Tripartite Commission in de escalating regional tensions.

Indeed, escalating tensions in the Middle East particularly Iran s nuclear ambition is likely to incline the US to overlook Russia s diplomatic prickliness even more.

With tensions between China and its Southeast Asian neighbors escalating and jeopardizing the security of the sea lanes on which China depends, there is no time to waste.

Skeptics are playing devil s advocate and point out that despite China s violations, the international community has no mechanism to make China comply with the ruling, without escalating tensions.

That befits the year of the tiger in Chinese astrology a year in which China roared by ratcheting up tensions with neighbors from Japan to India by escalating territorial feuds.

But the Bush administration can seek ways to contain global energy prices and it should begin by refusing to be baited into escalating tensions whenever Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pleases.

And it's an escalating problem too.

And hey, while we're escalating the situation,

Tensions mounted.

Meanwhile, the crisis over Iran s nuclear program is escalating.

Local tensions become national and national disruptions spill over into international tensions.

Trade tensions continue to mount.

Tensions are on the rise.

Reported tensions in eastern Sudan.

Continued tensions impede humanitarian access.

(c) Nationalistic ethnic confessional tensions

On the contrary, since 2005, the FARC has been escalating its attacks.

That certainly will not be accomplished by escalating hostilities or authorizing rearmament.

This might, in turn, prevent prevailing uncertainties from escalating into actual conflicts.

The escalating violence in Iraq gives a bleak impression of that country s prospects.

He put less enthusiasm into the work, leading to escalating arguments with Lewis.

Women also suffered disproportionately from the effects of escalating civil and ethnic conflicts.

(a) Early warning measures to address existing structural problems from escalating into conflicts.

Moreover, currency tensions will remain high.

Indeed, it is already creating tensions.

And regional tensions are running high.

Tensions will arise from such interactions.

We're constantly creating tensions and conflicts.

During the reporting period, some progress was made towards de escalating regional tensions as a result of the meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda at Lubumbashi on 21 April, under the United States facilitated Tripartite Agreement.

Although there are reports that show escalating emigration among Christian Palestinians (e.g. Sabella, 2004).

Furthermore, trade tensions could weaken political ties.

Territorial disputes have exacerbated these tensions significantly.

Tensions are rising over currencies as well.

Iranian Turkish tensions reflect three larger realities.

Social disparities remain a source of tensions.

Old tensions have given way to new tensions and concerns, which demand imaginative approaches if solutions are to be found.

Syria is a special concern. For six months we have seen escalating violence and repression.

Syria Untold documents the under reported peace movement, which has continued despite the escalating war.

50. Guam apos s economy has also been experiencing a rapidly escalating rate of inflation.

Escalating arms expenditures continue to consume too large a share of productive resources and capacities.

Its women both heal and intensify its tensions.

But none of the underlying tensions are resolved.