Al-Sadr's supporters have accused Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government of not holding up its end of the cease-fire agreement, which includes freeing non-convicted prisoners from the Sadrist movement and halting what they call illegal raids on the cleric's followers.
Those that have managed to build a textile industry, such as Lesotho and Mauritius, have suffered from Chinese competition and the end of the Multi-Fibre Agreement, which set quotas for exports from poor countries.
The Doha round of talks at the WTO was intended to favour poorer nations but the likelihood of securing a hoped-for agreement by the end of the year look very slim.
However, RFU chairman Martyn Thomas told BBC Sport this was "categorically untrue" and argues it would be irresponsible to allow this when the clubs could break away following the end of the "long-form agreement" in 2009.
The violence comes as the Obama administration is now working to withdraw American combat troops from the country's urban areas by June 30 and eventually remove all troops from the country by the end of 2011 -- per the security agreement the United States and Iraq reached last year.
The power-sharing agreement was to end months of turmoil and violence that followed the country's March presidential elections.
We will in fact, as I said at the outset, draw down our military forces by the end of December in agreement with the so-called SOFA that was signed some years ago.
The IRA ceasefire leading to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement brought embryonic peace to Northern Ireland and marked an end to 30-plus years of reporting on the Troubles by Panorama.
And, again, I think in the end of the day the President is -- believes that this agreement, the framework we have, will be the basis for what prevents middle-class tax rates from going up on the 1st of January.
It wants to conclude a free-trade agreement with China by the end of the decade.
The recent developments threaten the power-sharing agreement, which was to end months of turmoil and violence that followed the country's March presidential elections.
For an image-conscious political operative like Secretary Baker, however, the most important message is a different one: If despite such willing American concession-making agreement cannot be reached by the end of the Moscow ministerial, the blame will rest squarely with the Soviet Union.
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Talks to end a week-long police strike over pay in the Brazilian state of Bahia have ended without agreement.
Both sides hope the new deal - which includes the release of Welsh players to the national squad and funding for the regions - will take affect when the current agreement expires at the end of this season.
And hopefully, by the end of the year coming to an agreement about some specific numbers to eliminate nuclear -- begin to take some steps to eliminate even further nuclear weapons that each side has toward the President's goal ultimately of a nuclear-free world.
And that is why on Thursday I stated publicly the principles that the United States believes can provide a foundation for negotiations toward an agreement to end the conflict and all claims -- the broad outlines of which have been known for many years, and have been the template for discussions between the United States, Israel, and the Palestinians since at least the Clinton administration.
On Monday, the White House said it does not expect to finish an agreement on a long-term security pact with Iraq by the end of this month.
The agreement brings to an end a long-running dispute between Fannie Mae and Bank of America.
That this agreement marks the end of Palestinian claims against Israel and thus closes the Palestinian- Israeli conflict.
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But two months ago US Airways and American signed a non-disclosure agreement, bringing an end to the information flow and to discussions about the memorandum of understanding.
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The agreement, announced today, puts an end to more than a year of on-and-off talks between the two futures markets, one looking to add electronic capabilities and the other seeking to enter the lucrative world of energy trading.
The striker, who has signed a pre-contract agreement with Hibs, will now stay with the Nationwide Conference club until the end of the season.
Iberia and unions representing most of the Spanish airline's staff reached an agreement in principle on a restructuring proposal, raising the prospect of an end to on-and-off work stoppages.
This market watcher reckons both sides will come to agreement on the matter before the end of the year, likely by agreeing to short-term funding measures and then agreeing to visit the situation again in the coming months.
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Since then, lenders in control of the mall property wanted the company to secure financing by Dec. 31, but Triple Five needed a three-month extension of the agreement and is expected to seek a second extension before the end of March, a person familiar with the matter said.
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