41.   After a standoff was resolved between police and protesters demanding the cremation be open to all, the police vans began arriving with the bodies.

42.   After four months, the standoff was over.

43.   All Black coach John Hart said if Mehrtens had failed the fitness requirements, a standoff was not an automatic replacement.

44.   Already offered is an amnesty for Speight, who admitted on Wednesday that he fears reprisals from the Indian minority once the standoff is over.

45.   By mid-morning, all Palestinians had left the church, but the standoff was not over yet.

46.   But several lawmakers said the recent standoff is likely to have lasting effects on everything from the arms deal to trade relations.

47.   Earlier Wednesday, Bernard Kouchner, the top U.N. official in Kosovo, announced international police officers would be sent to Orahovac until the standoff is resolved.

48.   Earlier Thursday, Cohen told Associated Press Television that the Iraqi standoff was only one of the topics he would discuss with Russian leaders.

49.   For many Greeks, the hostage standoff was reminiscent of an episode in September when a man in Athens held a family hostage with a hand grenade.

50.   For now, the standoff is complete.