The cold war of poisonous Soviet-American feelings, of domestic political hysteria, of events enlarged and distorted by East-West confrontation, of almost perpetual diplomatic deadlock is over.

He laid the blame for the diplomatic deadlock at the feet of the French government.

Once Vancouver arrived, Bodega used the report, along with other tactics, to force Vancouver into a diplomatic deadlock once negotiations had begun.

The presence of Indian soldiers became a point of contention between the two countries and resulted in a diplomatic deadlock that at one point threatened to turn into an armed conflict.

Page 1 Iraq has recalled its ambassadors from major European countries, the U.S. and Japan for urgent consultations over the diplomatic deadlock in the Persian Gulf crisis.

The question is whether what is happening will lead only to a further escalation of the violence - or break the diplomatic deadlock and move the conflict from the streets to the negotiating table.

The agreement breaks a six-day diplomatic deadlock over the fate of the refugees, most of whom are from Afghanistan.

Within days, the dire-sounding accounts of diplomatic deadlock started zipping across the Pacific, complete with loose talk about a "Second Korean War."

The deal ended a diplomatic deadlock that brought U.S. relations with the nuclear-armed South Asian nation to a near standstill and hindered counter-terrorism operations against Pakistan-based militants.

"That means total diplomatic deadlock and a humanitarian crisis," Mr. Grinstein said.