Russia has provided humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan, but rejected the interim government's call (since retracted) for peacekeeping troops.

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The CFTC for a time appeared to be using the same model for an identifier it required for swaps, but then backed away and said it would wait for the global development of an LEI and call its identifier the CFTC Interim Compliant Identifier (CICI) a sort of LEI Lite which will convert or yield to the LEI standard once it is adopted.

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Thousands have been rallying in Tunis to call for the resignation of the interim prime minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi, a veteran of many Ben Ali governments.

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It is also said to call for the establishment of an interim Palestinian state, with a final peace settlement to be reached by the end of 2005.

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Now it's up to President Giorgio Napolitano to either call an election or set up an interim government.

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David Woodle, Second Mile's interim chief executive, didn't return a call seeking comment.

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He added it was "out of the question" to accept Mr Sharon's call for a "very long-term interim agreement" for the Palestinians as opposed to a permanent solution.

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