Sentence examples for for easing tensions from inspiring English sources

The departure of Slobodan Milosevic from Yugoslavia's presidency creates new opportunities for easing tensions in both Bosnia and Kosovo, provided local troublemakers can be kept in check.

The courtroom turnaround came days after Natan Sharansky, the chairman of the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency, outlined a proposal for easing tensions at the site between Orthodox and more progressive worshipers.

The United Nations sanctions and the North's angry reactions dissipated early hopes that changes of leadership in the North, the South and in the Obama administration would open the way for easing tensions.

Russia, thought to be one of the countries best able to influence North Korea, has outlined a compromise proposal for easing tensions in talks with the United States, South Korea, China and France.

(Agence France-Presse) GREECE: TURK VISITS -- Ismail Cem, the first Turkish foreign minister to visit Greece in 40 years, arrived in Athens to sign five accords and discuss the next steps for easing tensions between Greece and Turkey.

However, some South Korean officials have said they see the Olympics as a possible opportunity for easing tension.

Depending on the CAR's future role in the Sudanese conflict, it may earn a reputation either for aggravating a difficult neighboring environment, or for easing tension in the region, should it choose not to support Darfur militants.

It said that Mr. Chen, who took office last year, has taken credit for apparently easing tensions with the mainland, but that the easing was actually a result of Beijing's wait-and-see attitude toward his administration.

The North's invitation, made through its state-run media, came as the reclusive Communist state has repeatedly made general appeals for dialogue, easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula that had seemed to reach a dangerous level after the November shelling.

His previous trips to China have led to fresh aid shipments from China in exchange for gestures toward easing tensions in the region.

Rabbi Eckstein's organization has become known in the last 20 years for its work easing tensions between Jews and evangelical Christians, and his close ties to conservatives in the Israeli government have made him the principal liaison between the prime minister's office and American evangelicals.