In recent months, a new factor has emerged which could have a large, unpredictable effect on the stand-off between the army and the guard, and on the broader balance of power in the Pentagon.
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On Saturday afternoon, a stand-off developed between armed riot police and several hundred people gathered on the other side of the security barricade blocking the road leading to her lakeside home.
To put it another way, is it right that those who already feel guilty about their environmental impact and endeavour to minimise their waste have to stand by and watch their neighbours drive to Tesco in their 4x4 and fly off to Prague on long weekends - thus undermining all the their good work?
Debates around hypothetical timelines should not be allowed to distract us from the important task of diffusing this dangerous stand-off between those intent on military intervention and an Iranian government determined not to back down from its legitimate right to enrichment.
The comparison is only to the positive forward looking qualities attributed to Caerus and thrives-off of the life giving and nurturing attributes that can be singled out and can stand on their own.
The rest of the world is equally anxious about the current stand-off over Iraq, the crisis caused by North Korea's newly aggressive stand on nuclear weapons, and the war on terrorism.
Last year the two countries nearly went to war, and there is still a military stand-off on the border between them.
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The upshot, so far, is an edgy stand-off between assorted security forces on the one hand and the jihadists on the other.
Most of the Edinburgh player's international experience has been gained at full-back, but he has also played on the wing and at stand-off.
The initially peaceful stand-off erupted on Friday in clashes which left eight policemen and 19 Filipinos dead.
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Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield added the goal and also converted a solo try from stand-off Danny McGuire on 22 minutes that edged the Rhinos in front.
Even more illustrative of the stand-off between BP and the billionaires: After a 2008 police raid on the offices belonging to BP and TNK-BP, BP CEO Bob Dudley was denied a new visa.
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Former Wakefield stand-off Jeffries scampered clear for Bradford's third on the hour and Deacon converted all three tries to put his side 18-6 ahead.
Mr Obama had welcomed G8 leaders late on Friday, and they discussed the nuclear stand-off in Iran and North Korea, and the unrest in Syria.
But the current stand-off between India and Pakistan, generated by a three-day terrorist onslaught on Mumbai in November by those same Pakistani militants, is threatening to undo much of this good work.
Dozens of people showed up to create a mural under a bridge in central Cairo, depicting in striking, life-size, black-and-white detail an army tank facing a bread delivery boy on a bicycle a stand-off between the army and the people.
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Peers passed the Welfare Reform Bill on 29 February 2012, ending a stand-off between the Commons and the Lords over certain aspects of the bill.
Shafia and Yahya admitted on the stand that they were upset with Zainab for running off to marry a Pakistani man they hated, that Sahar wore revealing clothes and had secret boyfriends, and Geeti was failing in school and calling social workers to get her out of a home in turmoil.
Our correspondent said there was now a "diplomatic stand off" because Argentina's view is that the referendum is illegitimate and will have no bearing on their claim because they see the islanders as occupiers, rather than residents.
Wales had not come to stand on ceremony, though, and piled into their visitors with gusto from the kick-off.
Home stand-off Andy Goode kicked four penalties and a drop goal at Sixways to put Worcester 15-3 up on the hour.
There is a chance of a stand-off, or at any rate an uneasy compromise between Mr Fukui and the central bank's traditionalists on the one hand, and Mr Muto and Mr Iwata on the other.
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On the nuclear stand-off with Iran, recently there has been close co-operation between Germany and the US, and some analysts say Chancellor Merkel has restored German diplomacy to balancing relations between the US, France and Russia.
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