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The difference that the N.F.L. hoped nobody would notice before this standoff was settled was obvious.

8.24am GMT Here's a round-up from the Middle East and north Africa this morning: Algeria  The violent end to this standoff is only the start of a new chapter in the country's savage history, writes Nabila Ramdani.

This standoff is hardly an aberration.

The result of this standoff is that California has entered a new fiscal year with no budget.

But, realistically, the only way to break this standoff is for the cuts to exact their toll on daily life, causing Republicans to face pressure from the public to negotiate an alternative plan with higher revenues in March as part of talks to finance the government for the final six months of the fiscal year.

This standoff is called the science to market gap in the literature (Hellman 2005).

Jim Oberweis, president of Oberweis Asset Management, says this standoff is about both censorship and trade.

This standoff is not good for America, and ultimately it won't be good for either political party.

What's most interesting about this standoff is the fact that neither side has brought out the shock troops.

The political and diplomatic embers sparked by this standoff were stoked further when the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party swept the Indian elections on May 16.

What's most interesting about this standoff is the fact that neither side has brought out the shock troops: the real shaven-headed, black-shirted heavies of the Golden Dawn who have been stabbing and brutalising immigrants in Athens and its surrounding areas for months are almost nowhere to be seen.