But the recent standoff indicates that the border issue remains an obstacle to closer ties.
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Part of the reason for optimism is simply the damage already done by the standoff.
Every statehouse and public employee union in the nation should be watching the standoff in Wisconsin.
This could be a way to help resolve this expected standoff with the union over revenues.
"Police were in a standoff with the vehicle just down the hill, " Ramirez said.
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Mr Chirac, in his own address to the assembly, said "dialogue must prevail" in the standoff.
Weiner got into a similar standoff with his bosses last year and that was resolved.
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Forbes looks beneath the rhetoric and follows what really affects each decision in the standoff: money.
Former FBI director William Sessions said he agrees with how federal agents are handling the standoff.
Naturally, Carey was also asked about the standoff with Cablevision that was resolved over the weekend.
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Rob Enderly, a Silicon Valley technology analyst, says Microsoft knows this standoff can't go on forever.
Worse yet, they're seeing that Americans are starting to blame both sides for the Washington standoff.
The standoff ended in 1990, when Mr Habre was toppled by the Libyan-backed Idriss Deby.
It's unlikely Sweden would act before the embassy standoff is resolved, experts tell CNN.
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The cabin caught fire during a shootout and standoff with police, who also fired tear gas.
His opponents say this would simply prolong the standoff with the risk investors suffer further losses.
Annan is the latest international peace worker to try to resolve the political standoff.
Algeria says 38 hostages of all nationalities and 29 militants died in the standoff.
They negotiated an end to the standoff with regional officials, who persuaded the goons to pull back.
As NPR's Deborah Amos reports from Beirut, the standoff has renewed focus on Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
No one was hurt in a five-hour standoff and the bomb turned out to be road flares.
In the standoff between environmentalism and business, it shifts the political balance in favor of the latter.
In this situation, he needed to bring down the temperature of the clash and resolve the standoff.
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It is a bitter standoff between the Nagas and the Manipuris who share a history of animosity.
Threats notwithstanding, the ongoing standoff between Walker, and the public sector employees shows no signs of stopping.
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The U.S. and North Korea have been in a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program since 2002.
He saw nothing unusual in the agency's tactics or the methods it used in ending the standoff.
At least 37 hostages lost their lives when Algerian forces ended the standoff by storming the complex.
For warfighters operating in the field, the ability to detect threats from standoff distances can be life-saving.
Gueant said in Toulouse on Wednesday that he expected Merah to give himself up, but the standoff continued.
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