House members, considering their work done, headed home to their districts for a week's recess, trailing uncertainty behind them since no resolution to the standoff appeared imminent.
Talks there aimed at reaching a peaceful resolution of the standoff appeared to be on the brink of collapse on Thursday, with an American-led invasion of the city looming.
The rule of Mr. Bakiyev, left, has been marked by a power struggle with opponents, and the standoff appeared to come to a head when the police pulled back to let about 4,000 protesters seeking his resignation move up to the gates of the White House government offices.
Unlike the fight in Congress last year over whether to grant China permanent normal trade relations, when the battle resonated only lightly outside the capital, the current standoff appears to have set off a grass-roots response that could affect the way Washington reacts.
Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iraq had little impact on the market last week, but traders nonetheless expressed relief that the latest standoff appears to be over after President Clintons announcement yesterday he would accept Saddam Husseins decision to allow U.N. weapons back into Iraq without conditions.
A standoff appears to be looming.
Robert Lewis Dear, 57, who surrendered to authorities after an hourslong standoff, appears to have been motivated by opposition to abortion.
Within the scope of the design space, the input power and the standoff distance appeared to be the most significant two parameters affecting the coating quality characteristics among the three investigated process parameters.
In the days leading up to the standoff, it appeared that the plan might have been to keep the federal government from hauling the local ranchers, Dwight and Steve Hammond, off to prison.
Talks aimed at reaching a peaceful resolution of the standoff in Falluja appeared to be on the brink of collapse today, with an American-led invasion of the city looming.
