Rebels now control large sections of Syria, but the conflict has appeared to be largely in stalemate for months.
Britain has insisted it would never change its policy in Iraq and negotiations have so far only resulted in stalemate.
Arguably, all this could be called business as usual in Washington: industries defend their competing interests and, more often than not, end in stalemate.
As with Chelsea the first game ended in stalemate but the re-match at Highbury was to prove one of the highlights of the English season.
Both players secured breaks in the fifth set, but it was Berdych who moved ahead again to clinch the decisive victory and leave the centenary final in stalemate.
While U.S. officials at the State Department and the Pentagon said the attack was a violation of the armistice that ended the fighting between the North and South in a stalemate in 1953, Crowley and the Pentagon's spokesman said it did not appear that North Korea intends a renewal of war.
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That's why he's focused on it and that's why he continues to believe that while there are great disagreements -- and he talks about the stalemate that exists here in Washington, a stalemate that the voters can settle in November -- prior to that, there are things that we do agree on that we can act on: tax cuts for the middle class.
Rather than working together, both sides remained locked in this stalemate year after year, decade after decade, and nothing much changed.
The most recent round of negotiations ended in a stalemate last June.
Today, Congress is back in session, but remains locked in partisan stalemate.
But would France stand on the sidelines were the African Union, now mediating in the stalemate, to urge the use of force to dislodge Mr Gbagbo?
The primary problem with this tactic, though, is that according to Lycerius, the Vikings keep the Americans in a stalemate by using their Navy to constantly bombard American cities, for which the Americans have no response.
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Mr. Annan, who convened the meeting to help salvage a peace plan for Syria he brokered in April, warned that the country's deepening conflict posed "extreme dangers" to the region and the world, and reprimanded countries for competing agendas which have locked the international community in a stalemate while often fueling the violence inside Syria.
But it was thanks to her intervention both that the IMF loan was unblocked and that a breakthrough was made in the gas-price stalemate with Russia in January.
Rodri put the home side ahead after six minutes with Cristiano Ronaldo equalizing in the 38th minute, before a stalemate ensued in the second half.
In 1994, the entire Major League Baseball postseason was cancelled due to the 232 day strike that occurred after a stalemate in negotiations between MLB and the MLB Players Association.
The presidential stalemate in Rome comes just weeks after Italy's general election ended in deadlock.
We have reached stalemate in that respect, but we have known that for a while.
President Bush broke a stalemate in the Security Council by invading Iraq in 2003.
Despite mounting opprobrium and stiff international sanctions, Syria is trapped in a grisly stalemate.
There is also stalemate in the Senate over the establishment of the proposed new Department of Homeland Security.
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That could result in an utter stalemate, with neither house being able to produce legislation that would withstand presidential vetos.
There remains a bevy of potentially bullish factors looming for the gold market, including potential US policy stalemate in Washington D.
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Because of the stalemate in Washington right now, the Japanese yen hit historic four-month high and one of historical high against the dollar.
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