61.   But the situation was defused with the arrival of Maj. Enuma.

62.   Eventually, the agreement brokered by Bernal defused the situation.

63.   He expressed gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he credited with defusing the situation after the two presidents spoke on the telephone.

64.   He said Germany and the United States would send diplomats to Belgrade and Pristina to try to defuse the situation.

65.   He urged the international community to give more backing and resources to African nations to defuse the situation.

66.   Heavily armed police and soldiers were deployed at the airport to defuse the situation.

67.   Holbrooke ruffled some Europeans last week by commenting that the Europeans slept through a recent confrontation between Greece and Turkey, while the United States defused the situation.

68.   International officials held negotiations Sunday with local Serb leaders, hoping to defuse the situation, Manuel said.

69.   Israeli, American, British and Egyptian officials were trying to defuse the situation.

70.   Jones sought to defuse the situation by making a telephone call to Rocker, whose new team had an off day Thursday.