1.   Analysts also fear that the controversy has made Clinton virtually powerless to face Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in the continuing standoff over United Nations weapons inspections.

2.   Thus the continuing standoff with Saddam.

3.   The continuing standoff between the two sides threatens the delicate peace as well as chances of forming a coalition government in the war-torn region.

4.   The continuing standoff with China over a grounded U.S. spy plane has added to the nervousness, although investors appeared Wednesday to at least temporarily set aside their worries.

5.   The continuing standoff with China over a grounded U.S. spy plane has added to the nervousness.

6.   The Indian board is in talks with the ICC to resolve the issue, but the continuing standoff could force cancellation of the entire series.

7.   France on Thursday urged rapid implementation of an oil-for-food deal between the United Nations and Iraq, despite a continuing standoff over weapons inspections.

8.   Amid the continuing standoff with Moscow, Dudayev had periodically put the Chechen security forces on alert, a move he repeated on Thursday.

9.   Amid the continuing standoff with Moscow, Dudayev had periodically put the Chechen security forces on alert.

10.   Dudayev has periodically put the Chechen security forces on alert during the continuing standoff with Moscow,