Representatives of the United States, the European Economic Community, Britain and Japan studied the proposal at the opening of a two‐day conference called to deal with both the general deterioration of trade relations and tensions provoked by proposed legislation in Congress.
After religious tensions provoked a violent uprising against Protestantism in France, Calvin fled to Geneva, Switzerland, where he published the first edition of the Institutes in 1536.
The continuing tension provoked by the August conflict in Georgia was very much on display elsewhere.
After revolutions in 1688 89 (see Glorious Revolution) and 1702 03, projects for a closer union miscarried, and in 1703 04 international tension provoked a dangerous legislative warfare between the separate parliaments of England and Scotland.
The move has inflamed tensions and provoked the worst bloodshed in Gaza in years, raising fears of another intifada or uprising against Israel, and triggered a wave of international condemnation that has left the U.S. and Israel further isolated from the international community.
Senior officials have privately criticised the editors at the Beijing Morning Post for their reporting of the war games.China has one obvious reason for refraining from more heated polemics, or the kind of dangerous heightening of tension it provoked in 1996 when it lobbed unarmed ballistic missiles close to Taiwan's two biggest ports.
His appetites drive the strife and fuel the tensions that provoke him to keep eating.
"If it is not addressed urgently and firmly, underlying tensions could provoke more upheaval, undermining the reform process and triggering negative regional repercussions," Mr. Ban said.
CFCM, an umbrella group for French Muslims, issued a statement expressing "deep concern" over the caricatures and warning that "in a very tense context, it risks exacerbating tensions and provoking reactions".
Like most of the film-maker's work, it's outrageously violent and densely scripted, and finds him once again mining racial tensions to provoke, and draw, uncomfortable laughs.
A lengthy list of U.S. allies, regional powers and Palestinian politicians warned Trump against recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital in the lead-up to his announcement on Wednesday, saying that it would inflame tensions and provoke violence.
