11.   The hostage standoff developed into a bizarre mix of media coverage and participation.

12.   U.N. officials in New York said the standoff developed when inspectors tried to enter a military site believed linked to a clandestine nuclear weapons program.

13.   We have the latest pictures from Papette as the standoff develops.

14.   Within hours, a tense standoff developed when a British NATO convoy was stopped by a Russian checkpoint at outskirts of the airfield and refused permission to pass.

15.   Within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, a standoff had developed between Saudi Arabia, the top producer, and Venezuela, the biggest quota-buster.

16.   A standoff developed when the police commander retrieved his own automatic weapon from his car.