1.   The standoff with Andersen followed months of behind-the-scenes battles and decisions that inexorably set both sides on the path toward all-out legal war.

2.   The standoff with Andersen followed months of behind-the-scenes battles and decisions that inexorably set both sides on the path toward an all-out legal war.

3.   Under his guidance the miners call a strike, and a long standoff follows.

4.   A tense standoff followed an attempt by French soldiers Saturday to retake an observation post after a dawn raid by Serbs.

5.   The bizarre standoff followed a series of political clashes between Okadigbo and Obasanjo, as well as some senators.

6.   The latest standoff followed problems with the delivery of aid in a number of sections in Papua New Guinea, Evans said.

7.   The standoff followed the suspension on Wednesday night of Johnson, who was rural development minister in the interim government.

8.   The standoff followed a statement from Mexican Foreign Secretary Jorge Castaneda, was in Miami this week.

9.   The standoff followed an announcement by U.N. officials in Baghdad that they found documents and parts of chemical or biological rockets at another site.

10.   The standoff followed an announcement by U.N. officials in Baghdad that they found documents and parts of chemical or biological weapons at another site.