Here, from the moment they meet, sipping frozen drinks at a Middle Eastern Fourth of July barbecue, a crackle of sexual tension ignites between them.
The US found no solace with allies in the Arab League, which condemned the decision as a "dangerous violation of international law" that "deepens tension, ignites anger and threatens to plunge region into more violence and chaos".
In 2011, tensions ignited following the opening of a Tesco and the raiding of a well-known local squat, Telepathic Heights.
The resulting power struggle between Mr. Gbagbo and the internationally recognized election winner, Alassane Ouattara, left thousands dead on both sides as ethnic and nationalistic tensions ignited in the world's leading cacao producer — a country that provides the ingredients for much of our chocolate.
The frustration over the decline in UM's black student population reached a tipping point in 2013, when activists launched the BBUM campaign in response to racial tensions ignited by a fraternity party that invited "gangsters" and attendees "back to da hood again".
Ethnic tensions ignited in early June, followed by months of political turmoil.
(There is a map of Europe on the wall, and the starred flag of the European Union: a hint of the tensions that ignited the current strife in Ukraine).
Tensions were ignited between Kiir's ethnic group, the Dinka, and Machar's ethnic group, the Nuer, and violence quickly spread to the civilian population.
It was only after rival mujahedin factions, who had united to fight the Soviets, splintered and wrestled for political power that ethnic tensions were ignited.
"The situation is obviously tense, and the Bakiyevs took those tensions and ignited them," said Omurbek Tekebayev, a senior official in the interim government, referring to the former president and members of his family.
On Tuesday, North Korea called the agreement "a product of another conspiracy of the master and the stooge to push the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the extreme pitch of tension and ignite a war".
