European and Arab leaders also called on Israel to close the new entrance as a gesture to calm the explosive tensions.

"It provides some nice explosive tension during these holidays."

Among them are rising Islamic insurgency, drug trafficking, international terrorism, severe poverty and potentially explosive ethnic tensions.

This should help reduce the potentially explosive tensions between India and Pakistan.

And as his rhythm increased to urgent need, she could feel the explosive tension build anew.

But some officials say the transition to a market economy could be slowed because of fears that reforms could produce explosive social tensions.

Because of the explosive tensions in the region, the Kremlin would have had little choice but to dismiss both of the republic leaders simultaneously.

The following for Mr. Cardenas has grown here, creating explosive tensions.

With both treaties in force, potentially explosive tension in the heart of Europe will have been calmed.

Karl Marx believed that religion serves to hold in check the explosive tensions of a society.