Word: standoff
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...photographing the disposal of I.R.A. weapons. Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley, 78, insisted that pictures must be taken of the destruction of weaponry that republicans have hoarded since their cease-fire was announced a decade ago. The I.R.A. refused, saying Paisley would use the pictures to "humiliate" them. The standoff was particularly frustrating for British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has been to Belfast 33 times in seven years trying to secure a deal. Still, Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern got Paisley and Sinn Fein, the I.R.A.'s political allies, to agree on previously hot issues like policing...
...traditional allies actually stand in Washington's way, having learned from the prewar standoff over Iraq at the UN Security Council that the Bush administration will not be restrained from starting a war by the absence of an international mandate. Instead, they stand back and wait for the U.S. to face the consequences of what they regard as reckless choices...
...Three - Germany, France and Britain - were engaged last week in an effort to prove that E.U. diplomacy backed by U.S. power can resolve the dangerous standoff over Iran's ongoing efforts to enrich uranium, a process which the U.S. and Israel insist is a bid for nuclear arms. Last week some E.U., Iranian and U.N. officials were hailing as a potential breakthrough an agreement in which Iran would suspend its enrichment activities in exchange for additional nuclear technology and guaranteed fuel deliveries for a civilian nuclear capability. But at week's end, the optimism was fading. German Foreign Minister Joschka...
...Point: Publicly alienating African-American Studies Department faculty and engaging in a standoff with Cornel West...
...infrastructure permissible under the NPT (which would dramatically shorten its time line to achieve weapons status should it withdraw from the treaty) reportedly plans to offer a deal of its own to satisfy Western concerns over its intentions. Still, nobody is particularly optimistic about a diplomatic solution to the standoff...