Tensions are rising over currencies as well.

Thereafter, tensions between British officials and colonists over western land policy diminished.

Economic globalization had outpaced politics, creating new tensions over oil and other strategic resources.

So tensions spill over into the streets and take the form of riots and protests.

Several member states refused to support Sudan because of tensions over Darfur (see also below).

Such ventures now dot Asia s geography, even as tensions over unsettled boundaries and sovereignty claims are fueling turbulence.

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

Disputes between the United States and Europe are nothing new, as past tensions over Korea, Suez, and Vietnam demonstrate.

One can well understand a Turkish policy of trying to defuse tensions with Iran over that country s nuclear program.

The balance between judicial activism and judicial deference will alter over time and between countries, and tensions can arise.

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

Moreover, tensions with China over territorial claims in the East China Sea may adversely affect trade and foreign direct investment.

Tensions mounted.

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

Tensions are also running high in the East China Sea, where the two countries dispute sovereignty over a number of islands.

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.

Even today, tensions over further centralization (e.g., to supranational authority, as in Europe) and devolution (e.g., for Scotland, Québec, or Kurdistan) are intense.

Such tensions could spill over and impede trade, tourism, and investment, especially if incidents occur between rival air or naval forces operating in close proximity over or around disputed waters and territories.

UNAMSIL is also helping the Government of Sierra Leone to resolve issues that have created tensions in communities, such as disputes over chiefdom boundaries.

Trade tensions continue to mount.

Tensions are on the rise.

By signaling that the present China North Korea border may not be final, Beijing has raised the specter of potential tensions over frontiers in the future.

Despite ongoing tensions, the Turkish government has been eager to mend relations with America, as it is anxious to have some influence over developments in Iraq.

Moreover, currency tensions will remain high.

Indeed, it is already creating tensions.

And regional tensions are running high.

Tensions will arise from such interactions.

BERLIN Despite continuing tensions over Russia s invasion of Georgia this August, the European Union will reopen talks with Russia on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA).

The drop due in no small measure to an easing of tensions over Iran s nuclear program is costing the Iranian government money, compounding the regime s domestic problems.

Already, longstanding tensions have begun to boil over tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets since Putin s 2011 announcement that he would reclaim the presidency.

Furthermore, trade tensions could weaken political ties.

Territorial disputes have exacerbated these tensions significantly.

Iranian Turkish tensions reflect three larger realities.

Those who foresee war argue that Israel is unwilling to tolerate a heavily armed Iranian proxy on its border while tensions with Iran over the nuclear issue remain unresolved.

A world where over spending countries need to reduce domestic demand and boost net exports, while over saving countries are unwilling to reduce their reliance on export led growth, is a world where currency tensions must inevitably come to a boil.

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.

At the same time, tensions with the United States heightened when the two rivals clashed over the deployment of the U.S. Jupiter missiles in Turkey and Soviet missiles in Cuba.

One can well understand a Turkish policy of trying to defuse tensions with Iran over that country s nuclear program. But the joint Iranian Brazilian Turkish initiative goes beyond such a policy.

Some 400,000 refugees many of them Sunni Muslims, including fugitive rebels have poured over the border from Syria, exacerbating sectarian tensions and threatening to disrupt Lebanon s delicate social and political balance.

But the composed manner in which they delivered their remarks belied their countries long simmering tensions over the islands, which have come to a near boil in the last few months.

The United Nations is torn apart by internal tensions.