A standoff ensues, which is where we are now.

Could the current standoff lead to such an outcome?

Map of Sabah and the standoff in Lahad Datu.

The situation in the area remains tense.

It was characterized by a nation versus nation, very fragile standoff.

That is why a US China standoff is a worldwide problem.

This was a time when the Philippine China maritime standoff intensified.

All of this worsens an already tense situation.

In summary, the overall security situation remains tense.

China and the Philippines have been locked in a standoff ever since.

As a result, relations among regional actors remain tense.

The mood amongst supporters of the revolution is tense.

WARSAW It was a hot day and a tense moment.

The situation is tense across the country and also online.

Millions of Bangladeshis are going through tense days and nights.

The relationship between Finland and the Soviet Union was tense.

Despite these improvements, the situation remains tense in many places.

The situation in North and South Kivu remains very tense.

Since then, the Shab'a farms area has been tense but quiet.

The standoff came to an end on May 6, as suddenly as it had started.

The recent carnage in Mumbai has prompted another standoff between nuclear armed India and Pakistan.

Sukur is not the only Turkish sports star caught up in the Erdogan Gulen standoff.

It's around midnight in Cairo. Evan Hill ( evanchill) tweets Atmosphere is tense .

Relations between the United States and Iraq remained tense following the Gulf War.

All federations have experienced periods of tense relations between the federal and state governments.

In many tense situations, one does not need Blue Helmets one needs effective policing.

The situation along the Blue Line was tense but stable during the reporting period.

Voters were able to exercise their franchise freely, despite a tense pre election period.

But in an already polarized environment, an Ortega Bush standoff is nothing more than a self fulfilling prophecy.

Negotiation and diplomacy are the only sure way to resolve the standoff with Iran over its nuclear program.

The problem is that the standoff has now taken on the tone of a state to state confrontation.

Prime Minister Mohammed Basindawa resigned on 21 September as part of a deal meant to end the standoff.

They were more often in moods that they described as hostile, angry, anxious, and tense.

The delay has contributed to a tense situation in this vital area of the country.

It will be prolonged and occasionally very tense, but eventually result in appreciation of the renminbi.

The Kremlin s handling of the affair is indicative of the tense state of US Russia relations.

Ever since I left Romania for exile in 1986, my returns have been rare and tense.

An historical ending to a tense electoral period took place in Senegal on March 25, 2012.

It works best by acting calm and at ease when your enemy expects you to be tense.

Likewise, global integration means that eurozone distress threatens the US economy, while the US debt ceiling standoff threatens financial markets everywhere.

For example, if haxored is the past tense of the verb to hack (hack haxor haxored), then winzored would be easily understood to be the past tense conjugation of to win, even if the reader had not seen that particular word before.

Likewise, a standoff between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea led to protests in Manila.

China appears to have seen the standoff over the Senkaku Islands as a test of wills a test Kan s government failed abysmally.

Moreover, during the political standoff, Calderon has worked behind the scenes to form an administration and to settle on a governing strategy.

Meanwhile, the Republic of Korea and Japan are engaged in a territorial standoff over the islets of Dokdo (called Takeshima in Japanese).