71.   Federal troops maintained a tight cordon around the hospital in Budyonnovsk in a tense standoff with the dozens of heavily armed rebels inside.

72.   Federal troops maintained a tight cordon around the hospital in Budyonnovsk in a tense standoff with dozens of heavily armed rebels inside.

73.   Four Indonesians charged with people smuggling in a case that sparked a tense maritime standoff and international condemnation of Australia were ordered Thursday to stand trial in September.

74.   France also pressed Iraq to stop blocking American weapons inspectors in a tense standoff.

75.   Heavily armed Serb forces also blocked the German forces on a main Prizren street, but backed down after a tense standoff, according to a pool reporter.

76.   Heavily armed Serb forces also blocked the German forces on a main Prizren street but backed down after a tense standoff, according to a pool reporter.

77.   Hours after a tense armed standoff with South Korean navy ships, five North Korean patrol boats re-entered southern waters Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said.

78.   However, a tense standoff ensued.

79.   However, a tense standoff ensued, and the police remained inside the compound, though they did not enter either of the two mosques.

80.   In another development, pro-Moscow officials reported a breakthrough in the tense standoff around Shali, a town east of Grozny besieged by Russian troops.