The Russian-Georgian confrontation has severely exacerbated tensions between Moscow and the West.
During the 1980s a series of riots struck inner-city Britain as economic crisis exacerbated tensions between police and the communities they served.
The Iranian population is overwhelmingly literate and young, and previous efforts to reinstall orthodoxy have only exacerbated cleavages between citizens and the state".
It also exacerbated tensions between the two nations over an imminent agreement to expand the United States military's use of Colombian air and naval bases.
Particularly troublesome was a resurgence of nationalism, which exacerbated relations between Romanians and Hungarians in Transylvania and encouraged the rise of ultranationalist organizations.
But the coalition quickly collapsed over the issue of military service, which has exacerbated tensions between secular and religious Jews and with Arabs.
Chinese confrontation over Japan's control of the Senkaku or Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea has exacerbated differences between the two countries.
The border closing has exacerbated tensions between the United States and Pakistan but has been welcomed by Islamist groups opposed to Pakistan's support of the American-led war in Afghanistan.
Based on interviews with victims' families, officials and other witnesses, the Oakland Institute found that the plantation exacerbated tensions between the Suri and another ethnic group, the Dizi, seen as collaborating with the government.
Atila Roque, the executive director of Amnesty International in Brazil, said the program was riddled with abuse and had exacerbated tensions between the police and residents, some of whom have called for an end to the effort.
