Brazil and India joined their BRIC counterparts, Russia and China, by abstaining from the vote.
The proposition was passed but very narrowly, with 23 in favour, 22 against and one abstaining.
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Under the circumstances, the government must hope it will be forgiven for abstaining rather than voting yes.
Members voted 41 in favour to none against with just Senator Sarah Ferguson abstaining from the vote.
The bill was then narrowly passed with 143 votes in favour, 138 opposed and one MP abstaining.
The Tory backbenchers' shop steward, Graham Brady, is proposing a "free vote" of Tory backbenchers with ministers abstaining.
In that context, you had Brazil, Russia and China and India abstaining from the resolution -- not opposing it.
The vote for Bextra (17 for, 13 against, two abstaining) was very close to the 17-15 vote for Vioxx.
Cotter said that abstaining in November still felt like his most potent option.
The General Assembly voted by 138-9 to recognise the Palestinians as a non-member observer state, with 41 states abstaining.
For those who can afford it, this includes not just public service announcements, public endorsements, and abstaining from marriage.
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But by abstaining on a resolution that referred Darfur to the court, he could still help the cause of justice.
Rogers paid down all of his credit card debt after four years of budgeting and abstaining from credit card use.
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Last week, 26 of the 27 members of the European Union backed new fiscal rules, with only the UK abstaining.
The SNP and the Tories voted in favour of Mr Russell becoming education secretary, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats abstaining.
The bill was approved 274 votes to 184, with two deputies abstaining.
Nevertheless, the findings are worrisome enough that Boyle and her colleagues recommend that surgeons consider abstaining from alcohol on the nights before operating.
Instead of abstaining or staging election-day stunts that threatened to invalidate the poll, voters cast their ballots and booted out politicians they considered tainted.
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While voting "no" would open Mr Cameron to criticism that the UK is behaving as "America's poodle", abstaining might not exactly soothe Arab opinion either.
All Thais must adhere to ritual cleansing activities during this period - including abstaining from alcohol, meat and sex - to ensure good health and peace of mind.
The first of these was forced to a vote, and defeated, with the two Lib Dems on the committee, Stephen Williams and Steve Gilbert, abstaining and the dissenters supporting the government.
By abstaining in a parliamentary vote for a new president, his three-party coalition looks set to keep the presidency vacant when the incumbent, Michal Kovac, leaves the job on March 2nd.
The Conservative justice spokesman John Lamont saw his motion, which highlighted concerns about the loss of specialist jobs, passed. 76 MSPs backed it, there was one vote against it, with 45 MSPs abstaining.
The Israeli cabinet gave Rabin and Peres full marks and, with only two of the 18 ministers abstaining, solid support for an agreement seen as a historic turning point in Israel's relations with the Palestinians.
But shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander asked Mr Hague to explain how "abstaining in last week's vote at the United Nations has either enhanced the UK's influence with Israel or enhanced the UK's influence with the Palestinians".
Despite receiving a recommendation to uphold the ban on co-ed contact sports (the panel voted 16-3 in favor of the ban with one person abstaining), Archbishop Chaput made up his own mind and ruled to allow for co-ed play.
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This resolution enjoys the support of the other four veto-wielding Security Council members - Russia, China, Britain and France - as well as the all of the other non-permanent members except India, which joins the United States in abstaining.
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Besides abstaining from the Thessaloniki Film Festival this year, a group of filmmakers that sprung out of FoG are dedicating their efforts to an independent Greek Film Academy, which will award its own prizes to the best talent in Greece.
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