The vote came after nearly two hours of tense and partisan debate, participants said.

Last February, after months of tense and often emotional debate, the board approved a condom distribution plan by a 4-3 vote.

But the fresh scars from weeks of tense and heated debate over race and policing remained open and on view.

The girls triggered a tense national debate on multiculturalism - was the hijab a safety issue or religious discrimination?

After tense debate, they returned to his room at the inn, where they dumped him in a limp heap on the bed.

The government continues to emit mixed signals, probably reflecting a tense debate over how China should proceed.

The panel, which earlier today rejected an outright ban on implants, made its decision after hours of tense debate.

In a bitter speech that reflected the tense political debate here, he said his accusers were endangering the country's peaceful transition to democracy.

First Nations communities contributed significantly to the tense debate on a hypothetical partition of Quebec.

Chocolate-chip cookies tend to spark the kind of tense debate usually reserved for topics like religion and politics.