1.   But from Damascus to Tripoli, the UN-brokered peace accord that broke the dangerous standoff was almost universally cast as a triumph for Baghdad.

2.   A dangerous constitutional standoff gripped Indonesia on Sunday when dozens of tanks rumbled past the presidential palace hours after two bombs rocked the capital.

3.   A dangerous constitutional standoff gripped Indonesia on Sunday as dozens of tanks rumbled past the presidential palace hours after two bombs rocked the capital.

4.   International peace monitors tried Saturday to defuse another dangerous standoff in Kosovo after separatist ethnic Albanian guerrillas seized five Serb villagers.

5.   International verifiers tried Saturday to defuse another dangerous standoff in Kosovo after separatist ethnic Albanian guerrillas seized five Serb villagers.

6.   International verifiers were seeking Saturday to defuse another dangerous standoff in Kosovo after separatist ethnic Albanian guerrillas seized five Serb villagers.

7.   The focus of Holbrooke and other international officials was on a dangerous standoff at Kijevo, southwest of Pristina, the provincial capital.

8.   The focus of Holbrooke and other international officials was on a dangerous standoff at Kijevo, southwest of the provincial capital Pristina.

9.   The killing of a top ethnic Albanian leader has sharpened tensions in a dangerous standoff between President Slobodan Milosevic and Kosovo rebels who are holding eight Yugoslav soldiers.

10.   Wagah today is at the front line in a dangerous standoff between the two uneasy neighbors.