Rapid modernisation stirred by the Second Industrial Revolution created tension between China and Japan as they felt the pressures of Western expansionism...

status of neighbouring Kosovo continue to be sources of ethnic tension. There were also tensions during the parliamentary elections of June 2008, although...

by periodic violent clashes, a result of simmering ethnic and religious tensions. 9.9034868.9354418 Lamingo 10.36844.5547191 Kainji National Park — mostly...

cities of Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Pine Bluff are almost entirely African-American, and even absent overt racial tensions, poverty is widespread...

was assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalists. This event sparked tension between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. As the Russian Empire backed up Serbia...

of the Republic of Cyprus on independence in 1960. But inter-community tensions and violence persisted, leading to the Turkish invasion of 1974, and the...

and other resources centered in Honiara. In early 1999 long-simmering tensions between the local Guales (people from Guadalcanal) and more recent migrants...

of rising tensions in the Cold War, the Royal Canadian Air Force established an air base at North Bay. Construction of RCAF Station North Bay took three...

and still weigh heavily on the minds of its people. Ethnic and religious tensions, especially Sunni–Shia and Kurdish-Arab conflicts, still plague the country...

many people in Georgia are unwilling to speak Russian due to military tensions with Russia, and English has largely supplanted Russian as the foreign...

Spain and France), artificial islands (the Chinese Spratleys are causing tensions), or the likes of Yeats' "Lake Island of Innisfree". Whatever your tastes...

1598, shortly prior to the construction of a capitol city at Santa Fe. Tension grew between the Pueblo Indians and the Spanish, particularly as a result...

enough to steer clear of swimming in most of this half of the river. Racial tensions and discrimination against LGBT travellers may still be encountered in...

gained by the mid 18th century. However, all those inherent tensions (and the overriding tension of slavery) came to a head when the French Revolution broke...

visit for years. However, try not to be in Ambon around 25 April, when tensions may flare up due to the anniversary of the separatist RMS movement. The...

companies will have a ready supply of this medicine if you ask. There is also tension in Western Sichuan between the Chinese government and the mainly Tibetan...

the continent for visitors, but political tensions also exist in this region. You should be aware that North Korea and South Korea are still officially...

political and social importance. There were many pre-Revolutionary War tensions during the 1700s and the town was even used as a base for British General...

in 1997. As presidential elections scheduled for July 1997 approached, tensions between the Lissouba and Sassou camps mounted. On 5 June, President Lissouba's...

North Ossetia-Alania is a republic within the Russian Caucasus bordering Kabardino-Balkaria to the west, Stavropol Krai to the north, Chechnya and Ingushetia...