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

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

The Escalating Arab Wars

And it's an escalating problem too.

The Muslim Brotherhood is not a violent organization, and it has not engaged in illegal activities in the Gulf countries. Other GCC states, eager to avoid escalating political tensions in their own countries, are unlikely to declare it a terrorist organization.

The suffering it undergoes daily is escalating.

American diplomats are never going to persuade the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran s energy exports. 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.

Ever since, disagreements within Hamas have been escalating, pitting the movement s Diaspora leadership against the Hamas led Gaza administration, which has openly rejected the unity deal. While personal ambitions certainly play a role in the tensions, what lies at the core is a fundamental conflict over Hamas s character.

First, there is simple provocation, aimed at riling up Greek citizens and thus escalating tensions between the country and its creditors. Greece s citizens must believe that they are escaping grave injustice if they are to continue to trust their government during the difficult period that would follow an exit from the eurozone.

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

Looming particularly large over the next few months are escalating geopolitical conflicts that are nearing a tipping point, beyond which lies the specter of serious systemic disruptions in the global economy. This is particularly true in Ukraine, where, despite the current ceasefire, Russia and the West have yet to find a way to ease tensions definitively.

With unemployment rising, income dropping to record low levels, and internal tensions escalating, fighting between supporters of Hamas and Fatah began. Attempts to reconcile the parties began in Gaza, before moving to Cairo, Damascus, and finally Mecca under the supervision of Saudi King Abdullah, whose country has been a financial backer of the Palestinians for decades.

High Tensions In the Low Countries

Tensions will arise from such interactions.

This survey almost didn t show that the escalating global trade frictions shook the confidence of large manufacturers.

Given the improvements in the security situations in Sierra Leone and Liberia, we would like to encourage the Council to remain fully engaged in finding a lasting solution to the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, which has in recent times seen escalating tensions that could potentially result in a relapse into full blown conflict, reversing the hard won gains made in the region.

The news of the currently escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories was therefore highly regrettable and distressing.

That was the beginning of an escalating U.S. involvement there that we do not pay for at the pump.

My envoys used their good offices in seeking peace agreements or in trying to prevent disputes from violently escalating.

We want to neutralize the tensions. We want closeness.

Our debates are unfolding against a backdrop of escalating oil prices, whose worst fallout we may have yet to see.

United Nations staff members continue to face serious and often escalating threats in carrying out their duties in the field.

A split within the Jumbesh organization has increased factional tensions.

The forces conniving to oppose democracy responded by escalating the breakdown in the constitutional order and the legitimate exercise of power.

Those arms fuel underlying tensions, exacerbate conflicts and hamper peacebuilding efforts.

The Governor's return has contributed to tensions within the local administration.

I think it's safe to say that all of us here are deeply concerned about the escalating violence in our daily lives.

Those requirements have ramifications for protecting the global climate, ensuring sustainability of energy resources and restraining the escalating spiral of fuel prices.

And that rate has been escalating at the same rate as children not walking to school anymore, again, because of our development patterns.

Those incidents clearly demonstrate that there is a real risk of escalating violence and reprisals that could have destabilizing repercussions throughout the region.

You begin to look at things having to do with your tensions.

Tensions between the 200,000 Sudanese refugees and Chadian host communities remain high.

What tensions and pressures would be created during the inevitable subsequent steps?

Will there be tensions over immigration, or conflicts over competition for limited resources?

If not carefully managed, it can also provoke acute social and political tensions.

so that We may test them therein, and whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will let him into an escalating punishment.

so that We may test them therein, and whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will let him into an escalating punishment.

As a socio economic programme which aimed to address escalating poverty and the continued marginalization of Africa, NEPAD sought to guarantee Africa's renewal and industrialization.

Many commentators, indeed, were stunned by the rapidity with which tensions returned to the international system. While many blame US behavior, these tensions have in fact been fueled by the unfolding of a new logic in international politics.

This is producing all sorts of tensions, all sorts of dynamics that are deeply disturbing.

The ambiguous nature of education in indigenous communities continues to generate tensions and conflict today.

In southern Katanga, there is concern that ethnic tensions may intensify during the electoral process.

Ethnic and inter communal tensions are exacerbated by media campaigns against segments of the population.

Those areas are also prone to environmental degradation and tensions between host communities and newcomers.

Whatever happened, images found by open source analysts suggest that Russia has been escalating its military presence in Crimea since at least Saturday before the supposed attack occurred.