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(Click for frequent words.) 73 heightened tensions 61 tensions 57 escalating tensions 54 tension 52 ease tensions 51 stoked tensions 49 heightening tensions 49 heighten tensions 49 heighten tension 49 easing tensions 48 heightening tension 48 inflamed tensions 47 simmering tensions 46 inflaming tensions 45 Tensions 45 communal tension 45 exacerbating tensions 45 defuse tensions 45 tense standoffs 44 violent clashes 44 premeditated provocation 44 tense 44 Escalating tensions 44 sporadic skirmishes 44 defusing tension 43 naval skirmishes 43 inflame sectarian tensions 43 communal tensions 43 defuse tension 43 exacerbate tensions 43 stoke tensions 43 lingering mistrust 42 heightened sectarian tensions 42 tensions simmered 42 Sangu Mera checkpoint 42 disquiet 42 simmering tension 42 Heightened geopolitical tensions 42 clashes 42 creeping Talibanization 42 saber rattling 42 Sporadic gunbattles 42 Tension 41 '1 ,# fold 41 acrimony 41 reconciliatory mood 41 frosty relations 41 stoked sectarian tensions 41 assumes significance 41 frictions 41 discord 41 communal clashes 41 Heightening tensions 41 stoking tensions 41 mend ties 41 deadly naval skirmishes 41 escalating geopolitical tensions 41 sectarian tensions 41 heightened geopolitical tensions 41 palpable tension 40 diffuse tensions 40 warlike rhetoric 40 fence mending 40 antagonism 40 impartial newsgatherers 40 bloody communal riots 40 mistrust 40 heightened 40 Koreas Paik Hak 40 geopolitical tension 40 ethnic tensions 40 rapprochement 40 friction 40 violent confrontations 40 sow discord 40 Hezbollah guerrillas snatched 40 unrest 40 longstanding feud 40 internecine clashes 40 Simmering tension 40 Violence flares 40 nuclearised 40 diplomatic spat 40 Deadly clashes 39 Sectarian strife 39 widespread condemnation 39 Migingo island 39 communal flare 39 deadly skirmishes 39 Territorial disputes 39 aggravate tensions 39 strident rhetoric 39 sectarian reprisal attacks 39 widening rift 39 NKorea vows 39 unease 39 instability 39 retaliatory attacks 39 Pyongang 39 strenuous denunciations 39 heighten sectarian tensions 39 communal strife 39 Sectarian tension 39 defusing tensions 39 Qazwini informed 39 diplomatic expulsions 39 internecine bloodshed 39 uneasiness 39 pilgrimage culminates 39 animosity 39 shelled Yeonpyeong Island 39 Terreblanche slaying 39 Koreaā 38 BBC Jill McGivering 38 Yeongpyeong 38 relative lull 38 Factional fighting 38 rift 38 heightens tensions 38 secessionist sentiment 38 bloody confrontations 38 undersecretary Labid Abbawi 38 sectarian clashes 38 inflame tensions 38 Escalating violence 38 confrontation 38 naval skirmish 38 tensions flared 38 turmoil 38 profound nationalistic fervor 38 strife 38 Hormuz strait 38 refinery glitches 38 Chinese trawler collided 38 divergent reactions 38 Communal tensions 38 Gracias Dios province 38 mutual mistrust 38 foment discord 38 territorial spat 38 enrich uranium defying 38 nationalistic sentiments 38 sectarian tension 38 Fighting erupts 38 bloodshed 37 Cheonan incident 37 irretrievably catastrophic 37 diplomatic spats 37 disputed Himalayan 37 low cloudcover 37 Pitched battles 37 de nuclearise 37 expel SKoreans 37 Tensions escalated 37 febrile atmosphere 37 standoff 37 frostiness 37 Yeonpyeong shelling 37 Geopolitical tensions 37 deliberate provocation 37 escalate tensions 37 restive Niger delta 37 destablising 37 Heightened tensions 37 factional squabbles 37 territorial spats 37 Easing tensions 37 launched multistage rocket 37 Tensions flared anew 37 Mohammed Khazim 37 uncertainty 37 sporadic clashes erupted 37 Geumgang resort 37 staunchest backer 37 simmering Aaron Rodgers 37 Won Tae jae 37 Long simmering tensions 37 factional feuding 37 tat expulsions 37 uncertainity 37 rancor 37 Geopolitical worries 37 Curfew imposed 37 seemingly intractable conflict 37 intentional provocation 37 BBC Crispin Thorold 37 Sectarian tensions 37 inflamed passions 37 Luke Bedrick went 37 Violence escalates 37 flared sporadically 37 Fierce gunbattles 37 factional clashes 37 al Sabil terminal 37 mutual recriminations 37 deteriorated sharply 37 freewheeling opinionated MSNBC 36 inter factional 36 DMZ dividing 36 factional feud 36 sow strife 36 Impoverished Tajikistan 36 communal flare ups 36 mutual distrust 36 Tensions simmered 36 sectarian reprisal 36 Gilani Manmohan 36 pirate hijackings 36 Maluku islands 36 Tensions simmer 36 NKorea seizes SKorean 36 historical Ciragan Palace 36 ignite sectarian strife 36 hostility 36 soothe tensions 36 Rybkin disappearance 36 bloody skirmishes 36 confrontations 36 Ethiopia Eritrea border 36 territorial dispute 36 Violent confrontations 36 solemn observances 36 Pre monsoon rains 36 BBC Kim Ghattas 36 pandemic ravaging 36 shelled Yeonpyeong island 36 minister Tsahi Hanegbi 36 inconvenience Southerners 36 belligerent rhetoric 36 official Umran Idris 36 worsen sectarian tensions 36 communal disturbances 36 fiercest clashes 36 mosque hardline clerics 36 Xenophobic attacks 36 enmity 36 internecine strife 36 fierce clashes 36 Babhali barrage 36 tenser 36 daylong prayer vigil 36 heated debate 36 RANGOON Burma Burma 36 uneasy truces 36 joyous celebrations 36 fomented ethnic 36 Umpiring mistakes 36 simmering geopolitical tensions 36 disunity 36 spokesman Hidenobu Sobashima 36 Julian Moti affair 36 anxiety 36 Blackwater guards escorting 36 heightened risk aversion 36 fierce gunbattles 36 Clashes erupt 36 tense standoff 35 Sectarian clashes 35 NKorea warns 35 TENSIONS 35 racial tensions 35 Gen. Saifullah Hakim 35 riots erupt 35 Tense calm 35 retaliate militarily 35 Scotland Grangemouth refinery 35 Tangun Trading 35 extremist sanctuaries 35 nationalist passions 35 EPIX joint venture 35 resolved diplomatically 35 interethnic violence 35 fueling sectarian strife 35 geopolitical tensions 35 Adm. Eliezer Marum 35 lawlessness plaguing 35 destabilize 35 frantic provocations 35 escalation 35 nationalistic passions 35 mediate truce 35 deadlocked Mideast peacemaking 35 retaliatory expulsions 35 Yanggang province near 35 Fighting rages 35 Lee Dong bok 35 sectarian discord 35 skirmishes 35 Korean artillery bombardment 35 Fordo existence 35 confusion 35 factional bloodletting 35 Sunni reprisal killings 35 gravest crises 35 Strained relations 35 factional feuds 35 legal ramifications Urbahn 35 Toshiyuki Takano 35 sectarian tensions gripping 35 Communal tension 35 intesified 35 Frictions 35 deadly artillery barrage 35 ethno religious crises 35 Clashes mar 35 Bombings assassinations 35 Geopolitical concerns 35 stoking sectarian 35 Jeanthenor 35 Fierce clashes 35 mend rifts 35 Violent clashes 35 Confrontations 35 Comity aside 35 Flare ups 35 Muslim Hausas 35 Krue Se 35 ISSOUDUN France 35 tensest 35 Rioters torched Danish 35 Burj Abi Haidar 35 verbal potshots 35 minister Nathi Mthethwa 35 Xenophobic violence 35 provocation 35 MV Faina Ukrainian 35 Simmering tensions 35 sparking riots 35 reputed insurgent stronghold 35 inflame sectarian violence 35 Heated exchanges 35 Nagaa Hamadi 35 militarise 35 communally sensitive 35 strained 35 naval wargames 35 bloody internecine 35 bellicose rhetoric 34 eastern Zayouna neighborhood 34 scenic Mount Geumgang 34 Iranophobia 34 spokesman Hasan Qashqavi 34 factional rivalries 34 northeast cattle ranching 34 deepened rifts 34 unresolved territorial disputes 34 frayed tempers 34 Kandhmal district 34 fiery artillery barrage 34 Koreas exchanged gunfire 34 holiest Shia 34 distrust 34 ancient Hindu temple 34 brazen assaults 34 ongoing Gujjar agitation 34 Swine flue 34 archfoes 34 cross strait tensions 34 verbal fisticuffs 34 Diaoyutai islands 34 commander Imad Moughniyeh 34 website Uriminzokkiri 34 Venomous exchanges 34 deal merciless counterblow 34 loyalist paramilitary feud 34 creeping Talibanisation 34 dispel apprehensions 34 predominantly Kurdish peshmerga 34 fire Minnetto 34 bungled el Masri 34 al Arbaeen 34 human error Fredriga 34 frayed ties 34 nationalist sentiment 34 restive 34 TENSION 34 deescalate 34 apparent climbdown 34 provocations 34 Richard Nugee 34 Normalcy returns 34 weaponize plutonium 34 stokes tensions 34 detente 34 VOA Kurt Achin 34 LAPD Cmdr 34 Migingo Island 34 enflame tensions 34 escalatory 34 militancy wracked 34 Coronel downfall came 34 schism 34 Ethnic tensions 34 bloody factional 34 Imia 34 Japanese counterpart Kenichiro 34 infuriated secularists 34 maritime territorial disputes 34 reprisal attacks 34 vitriolic rhetoric 34 dissension 34 manning checkpoints drunk 34 unusually conciliatory 34 cordial relations 34 Violent scuffles 34 merciless counterattack 34 Israeli overflights 34 scuffles erupting 34 de hyphenation 34 starkly divergent views 34 Malegaon blast probe 34 bloodsheds 34 vehemently denies downing 34 powderkeg 34 botched commando raid 34 Hamas raided Shijaiyeh 34 spokesman Hossam Zaki 34 bitter recriminations 34 increasingly acrimonious 34 Roslyn Crawl 34 clashes erupted 34 minor scuffles 34 intolerable meddling 34 Upper Kodori Valley 34 unseemly squabble 34 fiercely antagonistic 34 NBC#Iran 34 Mount Everest straddles 34 Abole small 34 scuffles 34 Bartela 34 destabilizing 34 Artillery duels 34 widespread revulsion 34 Gen. Wahyono 34 Chaotic scenes 34 Sporadic clashes 34 Palpable tension 34 expressed unremitting hostility 34 report chartpoppers.com covers 34 deepened rift 34 Bilateral ties 34 archenemies Syria 34 touchiness 34 deepening pessimism 34 Koran burnings 34 Chinese trawlerman 34 unrests 34 delivered unflappably 34 including AEDs electrocardiographs 34 torpedo sank South 34 naval exercises 34 shelled Yeonpyeong 34 maneuvered dangerously 34 Mount Gamkonora 34 Wassan Yassin 34 rancorous 34 ancient Preah Vihear 34 Michaloliakos capitalized 34 Provocations 34 inflaming sectarian 34 demilitarized zone bisecting 34 hardline 34 provoking retaliatory 34 Al Jazeera Kamal Hyder 34 Craig Hatkoff founded 34 Korean peninsular 34 Lt Gen Jaswal 34 utmost restraint 34 instablity 34 bitter recrimination 34 Conflicting casualty counts 34 resolving territorial disputes 34 Clemmensen pads 34 Uneasy calm prevails 34 RUSSIA GEORGIA WAR 34 severed diplomatic 34 Sino US tensions 34 Gujjar Meena 34 rudely interfered 34 troop buildups 34 internecine battles 34 whose trawler collided 34 avoid enflaming 34 Nuclear Talks Resume 34 Mughniyah assassination 34 Interests Sections 34 cocky Malvo gloated 33 sparking gunbattles 33 Racial tension 33 inflamed tempers 33 Curfew reimposed 33 deepen rifts 33 Sporadic incidents 33 heightened alert 33 envoy Tang Jiaxuan 33 Jung Tae ho 33 enflame passions 33 Bhainsa town 33 factional fighting 33 Cabinda separatist 33 rifts 33 Sistan Balochistan 33 unsettled Urumqi 33 tension mounts 33 restive Xinjiang 33 Hwaderi near Kilju 33 bloodiest 33 controvesy 33 Jangjon 33 interethnic clashes 33 Animosities 33 Prophet Mohammed cartoons 33 rapproachment 33 biggest manhunts 33 keep Tomcats airworthy 33 disputed islands 33 Senkaku Diaoyu islands 33 authoritarian Lukashenko 33 al Qaida propagandist Muharib 33 Kremlim 33 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny 33 further inflaming tensions 33 Abbas Araqchi 33 border infiltrations 33 hardliners 33 internecine feuding 33 Adm Mullen 33 misinformation crisscrossing 33 restive Himalayan 33 nervousness 33 missile launches 33 CHRONOLOGY Major 33 decidedly undiplomatic 33 jitters 33 Heated arguments 33 sectarian bloodshed unleashed 33 BBC Sarah Rainsford 33 Riaz Khan Quetta 33 interethnic conflict 33 deep rifts 33 countervailing pressures 33 Mr. Menkerios 33 internal strife 33 important observance Ashoura 33 Intensified rocket 33 Spontaneous demonstrations 33 nationalistic sentiment 33 bloody naval skirmishes 33 prized Prius hybrid 33 disjuncture 33 neighboring Songkhla 33 fightings 33 Mughniyeh assassination 33 fetid alleys 33 Judge Yevgeny Zubov 33 oust Somchai 33 Chuseok holiday 33 Wazristan 33 lingering territorial disputes 33 poli tical 33 retaliated militarily 33 Shin Jung seung 33 denuclearised 33 coastguard vessels 33 MOGADISHU Somalia Heavy 33 reconciliatory gestures 33 #,# tonne corvette 33 Ayatollah Khatami 33 al Salihiya 33 Taliban warlord Baitullah 33 exacerbate sectarian tensions 33 ethnic animosities 33 nationalist fervor 33 conflicting signals 33 bloody denouement 33 erupt anew 33 noncombatant deaths 33 dissident republican paramilitaries 33 allay apprehensions 33 Tension escalated 33 Faulcon resigned 33 coups countercoups 33 deepening rift 33 Leilaz 33 umpiring controversies 33 isolated Stalinist 33 revive Mideast peacemaking 33 Ram Setu controversy 33 Helicopters hovered 33 tuning pegs adjust 33 panic 33 rival NSCN Khaplang 33 Chadian rebels attacked 33 DW WORLD.DE readers 33 ethno communal 33 northern Agadez 33 IFJ condemns 33 internecine fighting 33 Cavendish covets 33 Cheonan sank 33 inflaming tension 33 worsening 33 scorching heatwave 33 belligerent posturing 33 rift widens 33 Jailing Mousavi 33 Gayl conclusions 33 Verbal sparring 33 sow disunity 33 Senkaku islands 33 Clemens vehemently denies 33 commissioner Katee Mwanza 33 expelled Ocalan 33 heaviest bombardments 33 Anjana Pasricha reports 33 Gemayel slaying 33 ideological rifts 33 Singur imbroglio 33 heaviest bombardment 33 widening gulf 33 Protestant parades 33 rumbling volcano nearby 33 intact Edano 33 inflame passions 33 disharmony 33 sporadic clashes 33 Sectarian violence 33 Tallafar 33 fractious 33 souring 33 Curfew relaxed 33 increasingly assertive 33 spokesperson Eric Kiraithe 33 genocidal tendencies 33 fierce artillery duels 33 heightened sensitivity 33 Sabre rattling 33 enflamed tensions 33 belligerence 33 Ambassador Uichiro Niwa 33 missile launchings 33 Sistan Beluchistan province 33 President Mahmoud Ahmadinajad 33 militarily intervened 33 already besets Kirkuk 33 protracted haggling 33 Joining Gandolfini 33 Daecheong 33 disputed isles 33 market retests multiyear 33 Eid el Fitr 33 Abbas Araghchi 33 Muslim sabbath 33 Ras Doumeira 33 interdicting ships 33 recaptured Samarra 33 deepening rifts 33 inflaming sectarian tensions 33 Widespread looting 33 Qur'an desecration 33 brinkmanship 33 cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammad 33 Eritrea Ethiopia border 33 upheavel 33 healing rifts 33 muscle flexing 33 tribal resentments 33 racial tension 33 fierce firefights 33 avian influenza outbreaks 33 fiery rhetoric 33 hostilities 33 Ethnic clashes 33 interethnic tensions 33 Gholamreza Ansari 33 governor Jonah Jang 33 Ri Tong il 33 middle eluded pokecheck 33 backing Jundollah 33 S.Lanka rebels 33 periodic flare ups 33 layered differing 33 foment strife 33 pandemonium 33 Moderate quake jolts 33 demilitarized zone DMZ separating 33 Abdul Latif al Jubouri 33 Striking conciliatory tone 33 recent hickup 33 monthslong standoff 33 Headscarf ban 33 deescalate tensions 33 Kaliningrad exclave sandwiched 33 Tahrir squares 33 Demilitarized Zone bisecting 32 conflagration Brig 32 quickly defused Colford 32 bloody rampages 32 Shower Rooms 32 HYMZY 32 Wiam Wahhab pro 32 hard liners 32 Orissa Kandhamal 32 Gen. Hamid Arjangi 32 flared tempers 32 Liao Jinju wailed 32 nationalistic backlash 32 Karbala KAHR' bah lah 32 nationalist sentiments 32 disputed Diaoyu Islands 32 Tajikistan rekindling old 32 disputed maritime 32 AMPYRA doses 32 sectarian bloodshed 32 intercommunal tensions 32 merciless counterblow 32 geopolitical uncertainty 32 demanded nonaggression treaty 32 artillery duels 32 subduction faults crisscrossing 32 Onam festivities 32 CAIRO Clashes 32 spokesman Ricky Carandang 32 North shelled Yeonpyeong 32 harsh criticism 32 controversy 32 Seagoing exchanges 32 diabetes Danesh 32 cyclist Wouter Weylandt 32 angry backlashes 32 Varying casualty counts 32 PCHR strongly condemns 32 untoward incidents 32 interclan 32 exacerbates tensions 32 scenic Himalayan 32 Geopolitical tension 32 disputed 32 near Baengnyeong Island 32 Leaked memos 32 strife torn 32 Lee Kyu Hyung 32 rapprochements 32 Communal clashes 32 infighting 32 polarises opinions 32 communal polarization 32 Curfew clamped 32 apprehensions 32 Tobin Gorey commodities 32 Sinn Fein Democratic Unionist 32 utmost firmness 32 Openwave empowers 32 vitamin vial 32 feuding drug cartels 32 conciliatory gestures 32 political chasms separating 32 Ghoba Mosque 32 Islamist militancy sectarian 32 violence 32 exercise restraint 32 PMK constituent 32 lobbed artillery shells 32 galaxies juxtaposed 32 daylong gunbattle 32 Cheonan corvette 32 animosities 32 mass exoduses 32 swiftest renewal 32 Charaipung 32 diffusing tension 32 General Batista Tagme 32 embarrassing Spygate 32 CHRIS KROMM blogs 32 run Uriminzokkiri website 32 raiding militant hideouts 32 Abdella Zuheir policeman 32 fear psychosis 32 sharp rebukes 32 botched prewar intelligence 32 bloodiest massacres 32 sectarian reprisals 32 Baeknyeong 32 mystery shrouds 32 prolonged 32 verbal duels 32 sketch recreating 32 Uneasy calm 32 Seram island 32 Francesca Fontanini 32 spark sectarian strife 32 Subdural hematomas 32 loggerheads 32 chiefs mend frayed 32 Violence erupts 32 uproars 32 parliament impeaches 32 chaotic scenes 32 diverged sharply 32 tribal Khasis 32 leader Laxmanananda Saraswati 32 foment trouble 32 TEHERAN Iranian 32 rampant anti Americanism 32 turbulent 32 blamed Uighur exiles 32 Surachart 32 uproar 32 jitteriness 32 shelling Yeonpyeong Island 32 upheaval 32 communal passions 32 acrimonious 32 Cheonan sinking 32 Ramin Mehman Parast 32 Lahore Oct.# ANI 32 widen rifts 32 Xinjiang Uighurs Turkic 32 uproarious scenes 32 CHRONOLOGY Key events 32 disturb communal harmony 32 OTTAWA Differences 32 JKPM Chairman 32 gloom Aizawa 32 Ambassador Bosworth 32 punishing blockade 32 landslides Abdul Rashid 32 Stray incidents 32 prescribed antidepressants antipsychotics 32 opposes expelling Arafat 32 neighboring Qadasiyah province 32 Manipur Chandel district 32 spokesman Asadollah Iranmanesh 32 Shi'ite sects 32 jubilant celebrations 32 Brett Favre offseason unretirement 32 bloody gunbattles 32 bitter rivalry 32 geopolitical jitters 32 evacuating Jewish settlers 32 Confrontation 32 Fardha Nehem region 32 Nobuaki Tani currency 32 inter linkages 32 inter ethnic 32 Tremor shakes 32 sowed discord 32 Hizbollah guerrillas captured 32 Jebel Moun 32 convict Helen Golay 32 Farah Bala Buluk 32 hawkish Avigdor Lieberman 32 NSCN Khaplang faction 32 dissident republican activity 32 main cryogenic compressors 32 Ri Jang Gon 32 caused consternation 32 intensified 32 unarmed drones 32 Juarez drug cartels 32 flashpoint 32 conflicting casualty tolls 32 schisms 32 brazen jailbreak 32 Kordan impeachment 32 Jos flashpoint 32 blocks nerve impulses 32 Albu Mohammad 32 Scattered clashes 32 communal conflagration 32 unusual verbal volleys 32 NKorea accuses 32 deficient monsoon rains 32 shellings 32 chaos 32 fierce sandstorms 32 Bakhshi Stadium 32 feuding 32 sleep deprivation shackling 32 supplying EFPs 32 Unrest flared 32 Predominantly Shiite 32 ructions 32 populist rebellions 32 graying baby boomer 32 Brooklyn Bensonhurst 32 Chinese fishing trawler 32 reconciliatory 32 Joel Kupferman member 32 unpopularity propelling 32 breakaway Abkhazia region 32 southeastern Sistan Baluchestan province 32 fratricidal conflict 32 Mansogo 32 escalating 32 brought stinging denunciations 32 Pyonyang 32 instigate strife 32 Ali Bagheri 32 Chung Chin sup 32 inter communal 32 Said Jalili 32 Taepo dong missiles 32 David Kimutai Too 32 vitriolic 32 intensifying 32 Refueling flights 32 deathtoll 32 Barawafat 32 Archbishop Sako 32 harsh rebuke 32 judiciary Rehmat 32 might withered Yeltsin 32 Tension escalates 32 inflaming nationalist 32 rioters torching Danish 32 conflict 32 cultural commonalties 32 Alexander Sultanov 32 Triggering transaction 32 truly repentant Hueston 32 Abbas Mohtaj 32 supply disruptions 32 city martin spinks 32 By Syma Sayyah 32 fierce gunbattle 32 Nagorno Karabakh enclave 32 succeed Pavle 32 Sopore Baramulla 32 selembu calves 32 denounce religiously motivated 32 writes Zulfiqar frets 32 Homs Banyas 32 factor Safonov 32 Nth Korea 32 brutally quelled 32 fisheries wildlife refuges 32 Sporadic fighting 32 watchdog arbitrating 32 Mangalkote 32 rattled nerves 32 Nick Massett ended 32 YS Rhoo market 32 Pikoli suspension 32 communal bloodletting 32 Lamp Brightness decreases 32 revered Shiite shrines 32 Nonaligned Summit 32 Bombings shootings 32 Unavoidably 32 Kuril chain 32 Safranchuk 32 commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi 32 Yeongpyeong island 32 animist south Sudan 32 Turbi massacre 32 East Berliners streamed 32 boorish behavior suspensions 32 Yonphyong Island 32 intimidate More > 32 secessionist sentiments 32 miscomprehension 32 destablisation 32 hospital Crompton Hime 31 beads toting parasols 31 spokesman Naeem Iqbal 31 Seytoff dimissed 31 sowing sedition 31 choppers maneuvered 31 industry excesses vindicates 31 resentment 31 Endogenous Cushing Syndrome 31 Hezbollah guerrillas shelled 31 Jealousies 31 Ambani siblings 31 sporadic outbursts 31 Clashes 31 Catherine Plows 31 bitterly divided 31 strait narrow chokepoint 31 Cynosure anticipates 31 impose curfews ban 31 Confusion prevails 31 offered starkly differing 31 frayed nerves 31 leader Swami Laxamananda 31 Islamic ministate 31 Spratly Islands 31 Tension prevails 31 Sporadic violence 31 nuclear powered supercarrier 31 fragile truces 31 Nuristan bordering 31 Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas 31 Gujjar agitation 31 Jon Alterman director 31 anti foreigner rampages 31 Patauli