1.   But basically a diplomatic stalemate has prevailed.

2.   Much of the credit for achieving the peace agreement went to Arzu, who in his first year in office acted decisively to break a long diplomatic stalemate.

3.   All this adds up to a formula for diplomatic stalemate, with markets left to determine the relative value of currencies.

4.   Carter successfully broke diplomatic stalemates this year in Haiti and North Korea.

5.   Carter returned Wednesday from negotiating a cease-fire in Bosnia and earlier this year resolved diplomatic stalemates in Haiti and North Korea.

6.   Deepening economic woes and diplomatic stalemates may force North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to delay plans to assume full power, a South Korean government report said Monday.

7.   The unexpected development raises hope for an end to the diplomatic stalemate involving Indonesia, Australia and Norway, all of whom are refusing to take in the refugees.

8.   The diplomatic stalemate surrounding a top North Korean defector in Beijing dragged on Saturday as China sought to assert its control over an increasingly tense situation.