1.   As the standoff continued in Suva, Commonwealth foreign ministers met in London on Tuesday.

2.   As the standoff continued, the lull in the crisis provided the opportunity for a negotiated settlement, which Washington strongly favored.

3.   Amid the West Bank fighting, the standoff continued in Bethlehem at the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus.

4.   As the standoff continues, the hard-liners on both sides will get stronger.

5.   As the standoff continued, Russian President Boris Yeltsin offered to broker a settlement, and a meeting of foreign ministers is expected later this week in Europe.

6.   At Camp David, the parties had all forecast a gloom-and-doom scenario for September if this standoff continued.

7.   But he said if a standoff continues into next week, everything from education funding to passport applications will be affected.

8.   Gingrich also said federal workers might have to stay home for as long as three months if the standoff between congressional Republicans and Clinton continues.

9.   If the standoff continues, the duty of redrawing legislative districts falls to a board of five state officials, four of them Republicans.

10.   In any case, no more shots had been fired by late evening and the standoff continued with no signs of a breakthrough.