1.   But it is unclear whether the armed confrontation between the prime ministers has ended.

2.   But the confrontation cannot end until these terms are complied with and implemented.

3.   But the Iraqis obstructed their work, and the confrontation ended in U.S. and British air strikes in December.

4.   But so far the criticism has not extended to leading members of Congress, in part because the confrontation ended well and in part because Congress is in recess.

5.   The confrontation ended without violence when the militant leaders emerged from the mosque and surrendered, on a pledge by Indian officials that they would subsequently be released.

6.   There was a time in Latin America when a confrontation between a blundering populist president and a militant conservative opposition would inevitably end in a military coup.

7.   When the confrontation ends, Iraq goes back into the box, but it is a container that gets flimsier with each showdown.

8.   Each confrontation has ended peacefully, and the situation at the hotel Thursday night appeared to be quiet.

9.   In some state-run institutions, confrontations have ended with Milosevic-appointed managers fleeing amid a hail of verbal abuse.

10.   It was not immediately clear how the confrontation ended.