A delay in the final vote count is raising fears of further instability in a country already divided by a Taliban insurgency and smoldering ethnic tensions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Several bombings - the worst in months - followed, hitting Shia targets, raising tensions further.

BBC: Iraqi bloc ends parliament boycott over Hashemi warrant

Military shells from fighting just across the border have landed on the Turkish side raising tensions.

CNN: Syrians find calm after carnage

Both the alliance and the European Union have blamed the Kremlin for raising tensions.

ECONOMIST: Tension grows over Abkhazia