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And in Bosnia, the mere discussion of elections has exacerbated ethnic tensions, allowing the most virulent nationalists to gain support, and led to predictions that this democratic procedure could finish the country.
(The optical mechanisms arising from such tensions between central figures and partially hidden peripheral figures are a major subject of Elderfield's essay.)
In an editorial Monday, the Guardian urged Bill Clinton to stand by Hillary during a New York Senate campaign that would see "the dirty laundry of the past eight years recycled," new tensions in the Democratic camp, and "a hot reception, no punches pulled" from New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
In South Asia renewed tensions are building around Pakistan's support for the Taliban government in Afghanistan.
The paper said, "Tensions have been stirred by the Vatican's strong and unhelpful denunciation of the Israeli authorities and by the decision of the Christian clergy to make a stand as a way of recapturing dwindling influence.