41.   The outcome of an election aimed at ending a two-year political standoff was delayed Thursday when the caretaker government ordered a re-vote in some districts.

42.   The political standoff threatens to split the Serb-controlled territory into two.

43.   The ruling of the High Court Sunday is unlikely to end the political standoff.

44.   The six-month political standoff has left the country with rival governments and militaries.

45.   The statement from the army rejected accusations that its commanders are taking sides in the political standoff.

46.   The village remains the center of a political standoff rather than an example of armed confrontation.

47.   The visit comes amid an official debate over the rising levels of investment in China by Taiwan businesses despite a political standoff.

48.   There could be a long political standoff.

49.   With Russia unlikely to resort again to force, and the Chechens determined to press for sovereignty, the two sides could be headed for a long political standoff.

50.   High-level officials from feuding North and South Korea concluded two days of UN-sponsored economic meetings in Beijing Tuesday despite a heady political standoff on the peninsula.