But if this is the main sticking point, agreement elsewhere is elusive.
The United States was the main obstacle to reaching agreement, but in the end a deal was done setting out a timetable for the 5% cut agreed in Kyoto in 1997.
It helps to bear this in mind as the world decides in the coming weeks how to react to the power-sharing agreement the main Palestinian factions have just signed in Mecca (see article).
But the main portion of the agreement dealt with finances and from the looks of it Tiffany very much wanted Peretti to stay, according to a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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There was a macro agreement about the main issues to be addressed, including the economy, security challenges and climate change.
The government of Sudan has reached a peace agreement with the main rebel group fighting for control of the troubled Darfur region.
The main component of the financial agreement is that Tiffany will pay Peretti 5 percent of total net sales of Peretti jewelry and other branded objects.
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All four companies require that cardholders pay for the entire rental with the credit card, be the main driver listed on the rental agreement and decline the optional insurance offered by the rental car company.
Fire Minister Bob Neill said agreement had been reached with main contractor Cassidian to end the project.
It had been revealed the week before that Main had signed a pre-contract agreement to join promotion rivals St Johnstone next season.
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The two leaders will meet the three main Northern Ireland parties who support the Agreement - the Ulster Unionist Party, SDLP and Sinn Fein.
The Social Democrats, the main opposition party, will study the agreement and decide whether to support it in the next 24 hours, a party official said.
Will his party still be so supportive if main benefit of his party's agreement to serve and support the coalition government turns out to be a dead duck?
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Venezuelan democracy started in 1958 with a broad political agreement among the country's main democratic forces called the Pact of Punto Fijo.
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Dunford met Mr. Karzai on Thursday, for the second day in a row, trying to find an agreement on how to transfer the main U.S. detention facility at Bagram Air Field to Afghan control while ensuring that dangerous Taliban detainees remain behind bars, officials from both countries said.
Dow Jones currently has a cooperation agreement with CNBC, which would be its main rival.
That was before the Good Friday Agreement and in a poll held when its main rivals, the Democratic Unionists, did not stand.
On his southern trip, Mr Fox expressed polite interest in Mexico's reaching a free-trade agreement with Mercosur, South America's main trade block.
Peace in Darfur looked a little more likely on February 20th with the agreement of a ceasefire between one of the main Darfur rebel groups, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), and the government of Sudan.
As long as the use of force was not considered imminent, the differences between the Soviet Union and the United States were easily glossed over or obscured by the novelty of those points on which they were in agreement....Now that the main issue is whether to use force, the nuances can no longer be hidden.
The agreement was concluded between the government and all the main education unions - except the biggest.
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The company said that the main difference between this deal and the previous one was an agreement to waive a larger proportion of the project management charge.
And the aide had quoted me something about according to an agreement that all the candidates had made with the main party, the Democratic Party, that they weren't going to accept any debates that fell outside the prearranged ones or the prescheduled ones.
Mr Abbas says he hopes a ceasefire agreement can soon be reached with Hamas, one of the main militant groups.
Last month, Facebook and Apple announced an agreement to wrap the social network into the iPhone's main software for the first time.
Credit (please) where it's due: on Thursday, yesterday and today, the BBC has covered the historic agreement on new capital and liquidity rules for banks in the main body of its bulletins.
This time, the main paramilitary groups are on ceasefire and are signed up to the Good Friday agreement.
Whatever the outcome, both main parties in Spain have ruled out the possibility of an Edinburgh-style agreement to hold a referendum, saying such a move would be unconstitutional.
Hungary hopes that a similar agreement can be reached with Slovakia, the status law's other main critic.
So the main problem today, as in past periods when stagnation threatened, is to find agreement on what needs to be done.
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