11.   Then the standoff began.

12.   Police had not allowed anyone in or out of the blue-collar suburb east of Baltimore since the standoff began.

13.   A Dutch U.N. police officer was accidentally shot by a Serb policeman Monday when the standoff began.

14.   A gunfight broke out, leaving four ATF agents and six Davidians dead, and the standoff began.

15.   A tense standoff began earlier this month when North Korean fishing boats entered the area escorted by naval warships.

16.   A standoff then began with a seventh suspect, an armed man who barricaded himself in an upstairs room.

17.   After several hours, the standoff began to wind down as the peaceful arrests began.

18.   Cipriani and Minnig have been regular visitors to the residence since the standoff began.

19.   Cipriani and another mediator, Michel Minnig of the Red Cross, have been regular visitors to the residence since the standoff began.

20.   Cipriani and another mediator, Red Cross representative Michel Minnig, have been regular visitors to the residence since the standoff began.