The EU's enlargement has also made consensus-building more difficult, multiplying the national rivalries and tensions.
To its east, the prospect of joining the EU club has eased tensions across the Balkans.
The discussions were aimed at trying to reduce tensions in the run-up to the marching season.
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It will take more than books like Who Moved My Cheese to ease tensions.
Until now, operations at the joint complex have been normal despite the rise in tensions.
The Lebanon kidnappings underscored the fragile balance in the country, where sectarian tensions are deep.
Correspondents say the delay is likely to further raise tensions between the two groups.
The Manila-based lender said that worries persisted around the eurozone crisis and political tensions in Asia.
And are you worried that it could inflame tensions and have an effect on oil prices?
The launch of a Google music store would heighten tensions with Apple Inc.
No matter the structure, there still will be tensions, competition for resources, and misalignment.
Jean-Christophe Verbourg, international tour director at Babolat, isn't so sure that poly strings need lower tensions.
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"Such acts of terrorism are designed to provoke reaction and to create tensions, " Ms Ashton said.
But South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.1 percent to 1, 920.40 as tensions lingered on the Korean Peninsula.
Trade tensions can very easily be compounded by the global financial outlook and U.S. election politics.
The heightened tensions comes amid an unprecedented strike by thousands of low-ranking police across Egypt.
The move comes as tensions ease in Sudan amid improving relations with neighbouring South Sudan.
Third, strike a balance between demonstrating resolve in public and, simultaneously, working to reduce tensions.
These tensions increase the risks of fear or pride, which could lead to an inadvertent incident.
Historically, South Korean governments have tried to de-escalate military tensions triggered by North Korean aggression.
Recently, those tensions escalated as both sides began thinking ahead to the end of his contract.
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But just because Chavez is gone it doesn't mean the tensions in bilateral relations will ease.
Gauri Dasi left the Bengal border with Bangladesh because of tensions in the area in 1971.
She attributes the strength in oil prices to the tensions between Iran, Israel and western nations.
The U.N. has also been involved in addressing recent tensions with Iraq and North Korea.
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The better investor risk appetite Monday came despite still-high tensions in the Middle East.
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