1.   A brief standoff ensued and the demonstrators then set the coffin ablaze to protest being kept so far from the Chinese leader.

2.   After a brief standoff, British troops were allowed into the airport but the Russians remained in control.

3.   After a brief standoff in a hotel parking lot, he pointed the shotgun at one officer and fired at others, Deputy Chief Ross Robinson said.

4.   During a brief standoff, Hirotake wrestled free from Tabada, who then engaged police in a gunfight in which he was killed.

5.   Following a brief standoff, British troops were allowed into the airport but the Russians remained in control.

6.   There was no violence, though many people stayed off the streets during the brief standoff.

7.   There was a brief standoff as students and security officers negotiated a peaceful solution.

8.   Two Khmer Rouge units engaged in a brief standoff outside the temple as the leadership carved Phnom Penh into military-controlled districts.

9.   Their discovery sparked a diplomatic protest and a brief military standoff.

10.   They eventually dispersed after a brief standoff in a nearby Right Bank street, following the demonstration which also included full-qualified doctors.