21.   The standoff itself has been bloody.

22.   The standoff in Mitrovica is the latest in a series of incidents where French troops appear to be acting less aggressively or responding more slowly than other NATO troops.

23.   The standoff is over.

24.   The standoff is part of a national trend of more patients finding themselves caught in the middle of managed-care disputes.

25.   The standoff was part of a tense day here.

26.   The standoff was the second in four days.

27.   There have been standoffs the last three years and widespread rioting the last two after residents were beaten off the Garvaghy Road by police so that Orangemen could march.

28.   There was a standoff, followed by gunfire, then a small riot.

29.   There was a standoff.

30.   This standoff is a first and the agency has given no indication how it might rule.