Ethnic tensions are also running high in the western state of Rakhine.

Unemployment problems constitute an important factor underlying political tensions and ethnic violence.

There were no casualties, but the attack aggravated and deepened ethnic tensions.

Each has its roots in longstanding ethnic tensions, exacerbated by economic and political underdevelopment.

Instead, politics was usually recast in terms of old inter group or inter ethnic tensions.

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.

Back then, Malaysia's ethnic tensions produced communal riots in which both Chinese and Malays were killed.

Most worryingly, it has heightened tensions between Taiwan's various ethnic groups over national identity and relations with China.

Kenyatta has a chance to steer Kenya away from the ethnic tensions that have plagued its society and economy.

And, given their own potentially explosive political and ethnic tensions at home, neither is inclined to support foreign intervention.

Georgia has tried to defuse tensions over Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but Russia accuses Georgia of aggression and ethnic cleansing.

Sudan has been ravaged for decades by bitter conflicts rooted in abject poverty, struggles over resources, and ethnic and religious tensions.

Regional and religious tensions had been growing since Houphouet s death and were aggravated by the new constitution, which enshrined ethnic discrimination.

And so with all these crises, we have let's see ethnic and minority tensions we have chemical and nuclear spills, nuclear proliferation.

The uprising in Tibet, and the government s response, have highlighted ethnic tensions within China that the Chinese government is having difficulty managing.

Despite all the segregation, discrimination, and ethnic and religious tensions, Jerusalem is also one of the Middle East s last truly diverse cities.

The lack of State authority and tensions between ethnic groups pose a serious potential threat to the security of the electoral process.

There is a real danger that opponents of Burma s transition could exploit these tensions, fueling ethnic conflict in order to derail reform efforts.

The most serious problem today is that the country s ethnic tensions and recriminations threaten to undermine the cohesion of the fledgling, multiethnic Afghan Army.

With the nationalist Popular Front now in a parliamentary minority, new measures aiming to moderate the ethnic tensions in the country could be adopted.

The resulting military asset, however, is strategic gibberish, having been built in Kyrgyzstan s near lawless Osh region, with its appalling poverty, drug trafficking, and ethnic tensions.

By increasing the political attractiveness of the state, especially in our ethnically fragmented societies in Africa, aid tends to accentuate ethnic tensions as every single ethnic group now begins struggling to enter the state in order to get access to the foreign aid pie.

Within Taiwan, the debate over constitutional reform has led to disturbing developments. Most worryingly, it has heightened tensions between Taiwan's various ethnic groups over national identity and relations with China.

Other trouble spots central Nigeria, where ethnic tensions are simmering, and the far north, the stomping ground of Boko Haram, a violent Muslim sect could get sucked into election related violence.

Recommends the creation, where they do not exist, of monitoring, reporting, documentation and information processing institutions and procedures in order to contribute to preventing and reducing racial, ethnic or religious tensions

Tensions mounted.

Moreover, it exacerbated tensions within Pakistani society, destabilizing the country s commercial capital, Karachi, by bringing in large numbers of Pashtun refugees who, having settled in the city, disturbed its delicate ethnic balance.

Outside camps, displaced women, children and men too often faced hostility and physical danger from host communities, for instance as a result of ethnic or other tensions or competition for local resources.

The troubled state of Jonglei has a long history of ethnic tensions, cattle raiding, kidnappings and sometimes violent competition for scarce resources.The most recent attacks were led by the self proclaimed Nuer White Army, a group of as many as 6,000 armed youth from the Lou Nuer ethnic group.

Indeed, while economic growth, accompanied by greater urbanization and higher per capita incomes, has translated into greater demand for fresh water, the population movements that have resulted are now exacerbating local ethnic tensions.

Religious proselytization was prohibited under Uzbekistan's laws on freedom of conscience and religion, because Uzbeks professed 14 different religions, and an open appeal to adopt another faith could lead to inter ethnic tensions.

It is in the midst of poor governance, ethnic and or religion tensions, as well as steep inequalities that lead to disenfranchisement, that violence and terror find fertile ground to grow and develop.

Under the system, junior personnel, selected on the basis of ethnic or political affiliation, were appointed to senior positions of authority over high ranking civil servants, and this created tensions in the Civil Service.

Outside camps, displaced women, children and men too often faced hostility and physical danger from host communities, for instance as a result of ethnic or other tensions, or because of competition for local resources.

Many Rwandan Muslims are engaged in efforts to heal ethnic tensions after the genocide, are Islamic groups are reaching out to the disadvantaged, for example by forming women's groups that provide education on child care.

Back then, Malaysia's ethnic tensions produced communal riots in which both Chinese and Malays were killed. These, however, were never allowed to degenerate into the outright communal slaughter that the war in Sri Lanka has often produced.

Trade tensions continue to mount.

Tensions are on the rise.

Georgia has tried to defuse tensions over Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but Russia accuses Georgia of aggression and ethnic cleansing. Its main goal is to inhibit Western support for Georgia, and to prevent reconciliation with the breakaway regions.

No major upheaval was witnessed in the Great Lakes region in 2004, apart from the ongoing tensions in the Kivus and inter ethnic clashes in Ituri in the north eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Moreover, currency tensions will remain high.

Indeed, it is already creating tensions.

And regional tensions are running high.

Tensions will arise from such interactions.