However, Jordaan and Khoza have put up a united front, denying allegations of tension between them.

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The frame was already won but it certainly did not ease the tension clearly simmering between the pair in front of the packed Crucible audience.

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Nervous about the use to which such outfits might be put in such National Front-controlled spots as Vitrolles, a southern town where tension between the national and local police has been mounting, Mr Jospin has promised laws to define their role and limit their powers.

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We still work throughout central Haiti but have also worked in seven other countries, pursuing, along with thousands of others, two goals in tension: high-quality health care for the patient in front of us, but thinking, whenever possible, of the tens of millions more who need the same services.

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With Rangers in front at Hibs, Celtic supporters knew a goal for the home side would cost them dear and the tension inside the stadium was palpable in the final ten minutes.

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Tension was high during district elections in July - won by Mr Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front party - and the latest uprising is another indication that little has been done to heal the wounds inflicted on the country by years of regional and political conflict.

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