Between 1988 and 1989, racial tensions between Arabs and blacks escalated.

At the same time, political tensions between socialists and non socialists escalated.

True, sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq have escalated since the fall of Saddam.

A series of incidents last week escalated tensions along the Blue Line to an alarming degree.

Tensions between China and its neighbors have escalated in the South China Sea, and between China and Japan in the East China Sea.

The violence escalated.

Recently, the divide in Southern California has escalated.

Conflict has also escalated along the Myanmar Bangladesh border.

Violence across the country escalated, with many fearing civil war.

The unemployment was rife and the cost of food had escalated.

In the last few months of the year the violence escalated.

Tensions mounted.

In response to attacks like the one against the Askari Mosque, violence escalated.

It then escalated to live and rubber ammunition and intensive firing of tear gas.

Between March 2 and July 26, 1992, the conflict escalated into a military engagement.

The civil war in Palestine escalated with the final stages of the British Mandate.

Although Nixon initially escalated the war in Vietnam, he subsequently ended the US involvement in 1973.

Trade tensions continue to mount.

Tensions are on the rise.

Moreover, currency tensions will remain high.

Indeed, it is already creating tensions.

And regional tensions are running high.

Tensions will arise from such interactions.

The conversation even escalated to hostile comments against the United States of America and the state of Israel.

Sadly, over the past weeks, acts of violence between Israelis and Palestinians have once again multiplied and escalated.

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.

By 1974 the situation in the north escalated again into the Second Kurdish Iraqi War, to last until 1975.

Its women both heal and intensify its tensions.

But none of the underlying tensions are resolved.

Tensions in financial markets have hit new highs.

At that point, tensions with Cambodia became inevitable.

As social tensions increase, political turmoil will follow.

Most of those lessons were in fact known though not publicly admitted before the US escalated the war in Vietnam.

Unfortunately today, violence was escalated by the presence of Turkish riot police, and the barricading of entrances towards the Square.

After the beginning of fighting around the city of Lawdar in early April 2011, violence escalated around Zinjibar as well.

Five years on, rather than subsiding, those problems seem to have escalated, posing serious threats to international peace and security.

Recently demonstrations have escalated, with clashes between protesters, police and thugs occurring at the Bahrain Financial Harbour and University of Bahrain.

Eight years later, their dream has escalated to paint an entire hillside favela and create a social artwork of epic size

The claim in the report that Conflict has also escalated along the Myanmar Bangladesh border cannot be farther from the truth.

It is reported that the level of violence has escalated and that the areas most affected are in the Far East.

The United Nations is torn apart by internal tensions.

Instead, tensions are now likely to continue to fester.