51.   The standoff ends after Pakistan agrees to let in some of the most desperate.

52.   The standoff ended after Harris and Weaver surrendered.

53.   The standoff ended peacefully after police negotiators persuading the robbers to give themselves up.

54.   The standoff ended when Wasmosy offered Oviedo the post of defense minister on condition he retire from the army.

55.   The standoff ended when Wasmosy offered Oviedo the post of defense minister on condition he retired from the army.

56.   The standoff ends several hours later.

57.   The tense eight-day standoff ended with the deal Friday in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.

58.   The two-month standoff ended when Speight agreed to release the last of his hostages.

59.   Two days of U.N.-Iraqi talks aimed at ending the sanctions standoff ended without resolution Tuesday in New York.

60.   U.S. forces responded by sending two Navy battle groups to the Taiwan Straits, and the standoff soon ended.