Sentence examples for confrontation today from inspiring English sources

Iraq heightened the confrontation today by bluntly rejecting all of the inspectors' criticism.

Dukureh shakes her head and stops speaking; there will be no confrontation today.

Their 140th confrontation today was much like a throwback to those early, bruising meetings of the 1920's.

Australia and New Zealand, the closest countries to the scene of the confrontation, today urged both sides to show restraint.

The confrontation today was touched off when three hand grenades were thrown from one or more motorcycles at Mr. Hun Sen's house downtown.

Israelis and Palestinians backed haltingly away from confrontation today as armed clashes subsided and a parade of diplomatic visitors urged both sides to rein in violence.

Another neighbour said there had been another confrontation last month, when cars pulled up outside the house.

All of this was in preparation for Yeltsin's confrontation last autumn with the Russian parliament.

Despite some moments of confrontation yesterday, there was no violence, the police said.

Iran was a board member throughout a confrontation last year over allowing full inspections of its facilities.

The diplomatic flare-up is the most serious confrontation this year in a territorial dispute that also involves the Philippines, Malaysia and Taiwan.