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Meanwhile, he courted Russia's support for his escapades, raising the specter of a Cold War-style standoff.
Pakistan and India will end their standoff in Kashmir.
Bill Kristol ( This Week ) spins the most elaborate explanation: The United States has lost support in the Middle East after the recent Iraq standoff, and the first lady's intentional gaffe is an unofficial way of placating Arab leaders at the expense of Israel.
Such a standoff, when it occurs, will trigger a global media event, with CNN broadcasting satellite shots of the suspected facility every 30 minutes, and so on.
The front pages of most European newspapers were dominated Monday with the standoff in Northern Ireland between the Protestant Orange Order and the British government, which used police and troops to prevent Orangemen from marching through a Roman Catholic quarter of Drumcree Sunday.