11.   Greece and Turkey are locked in an angry diplomatic standoff over which nation owns a tiny cluster of rocky islets in the Aegean Sea.

12.   Greece and Turkey are locked in a diplomatic standoff over which nation owns a tiny cluster of islets in the Aegean Sea.

13.   He has helped to resolve diplomatic standoffs this year between the United States, North Korea and Haiti.

14.   He made clear that those circumstances include a diplomatic standoff over tension on the Russian-Georgian border.

15.   Iraq emptied several of its military factories during a diplomatic standoff last November, saying it wanted to protect equipment from a possible attack by the United States.

16.   On Wednesday, China ended a weeklong diplomatic standoff over the fate of five North Koreans who sought asylum at the Japanese consulate in the northeastern city of Shenyang.

17.   The diplomatic standoff caused friction between the United States and Japan, which form the core of a key security alliance in the Asia-Pacific region.

18.   The Russian troops already in Kosovo have not allowed NATO forces to enter the airport, creating an embarrassing diplomatic standoff.

19.   They urged the Cypriot leaders to end the decades-old diplomatic standoff.

20.   They learned little about the tense diplomatic standoff surrounding their detention.