1.   Another similar standoff arose in San Diego County last year after wildfires in January burned seven homes and several other structures in Alpine.

2.   A similar standoff is setting in among politicians.

3.   The snag on U.N. debt repayments recalled a similar standoff last year.

4.   With the lines thus drawn, there is not much to distinguish the Yonkers case from similar standoffs in cities around the nation, but for two factors.

5.   A similar standoff over funding last year meant that only Iraqis able to pay their own way to the pilgrimage, or hajj, could attend.

6.   During a similar standoff over U.N. inspections in February, the Arab world was outraged at the prospect of a U.S. attack.

7.   In southern Croatia, there were similar standoffs.

8.   Russia served as an intermediary last November in a similar standoff between Saddam and the United Nations.

9.   Russia has long political and economic ties to Iraq, and successfully served as an intermediary last November in a similar standoff between Saddam and the United Nations.

10.   Russia has sought a diplomatic compromise to the Iraqi problem and served as an intermediary last November in a similar standoff between Saddam and the United Nations.