But the Government then responded with the tough ultimatums that helped produce the current standoff.

If the current international standoff is defused, the people will look to the Iranian government to improve their lives.

A series of political decisions led to the current standoff.

The current standoff is only the latest in a tense history between the two men.

One ugly fact plays a significant part in South Africa's current political standoff.

The current standoff is the most threatening in recent years and could have extremely serious consequences.

The information turned out to be true and led to the current standoff over Iran's nuclear development program.

Some historians give us a crash course in how we got to the current standoff over the nation's possible default.

In the current standoff, there have been no confrontations between the rebels and the army.

It didn't take much imagination to guess what had sparked this current tense standoff.