The Tension Wire for Fri. 14 July

TENSION NEWSMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

A Muslim boy stands in front of a placard during a demonstration to protest Tuesday's series of blasts in Bombay and Kashmir in Calcutta, India, Friday, July 14, 2006.

ENTERTAINMENT

Comedy lacking in core chemistry, sexual tension

Owen Wilson, Mixing Fact and Fiction

FINANCIAL

Dollar Rises Against Major Currencies

Stocks plummet as Middle East tension escalates

What's pushing oil prices higher?

Yen Drops as Bank of Japan Says It Will Keep Rates `Very Low'

American Voices: Notable Quotes From the Week in Business

FOREX-Dollar gains as Mideast tension sparks safe-haven bid

STOCKS Regional markets plummet

Israel crisis sends oil above $78

Wall Street extended its losses for a third day on Friday

TECHNOLOGY

NASA Monitors Leaky Pipe on Shuttle

LOCAL DC METRO

Murder of Briton protecting woman sparks racial tension

NATIONAL

Rights groups sue Pennylvania town on immigrant law

INTERNATIONAL

Rice eyes North Korea, Myanmar in Asian tour

Britain hits back at Russia as G8 tension escalates

IRAQ

Bombs, Mortars Strike Mosques in Baghdad

MIDDLE EAST

Travel warning for Israel, Palestine

Syria, Iran Seen As Behind Kidnappings

ASIA

UN Security Council edges closer to vote on NKorea missile tests

Communal tension in Surat

India: Pakistan Must Rein in Terrorists

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