These are not the only points of agreement in a campaign that has been bland by Italian standards.
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Nevertheless, a final joint statement set out several points of agreement, including the rejection of foreign intervention in the conflict-stricken country.
But a spokeswoman for the pilots union said the new budget airline violates key points of a previous agreement between pilots and Iberia.
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These differences, along with a number of other sticking points, have scotched the chance of an agreement any time soon.
Mr Berlusconi brushed aside widespread criticism of his handling of the talks, arguing that they had not been a complete waste of time because agreement had been reached on most points of contention.
Mr Davutoglu points proudly to the recent signing of an agreement between Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria on the Nabucco pipeline that is meant to carry gas through these countries, reducing Europe's dependence on Russia.
And what ended up happening is people would walk away from that, instead of emphasizing areas of agreement, would emphasize their areas of disagreement in order to score points with their various -- varied political bases.
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.
Unlike with the Shuster family, the Judge in that case felt the agreement was never formally reached because there were too many points of disagreement at the time.
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Of the two big sticking points, one has recently budged, with an agreement to transfer some detainees to Afghan custody.
But we know that there are plenty of areas of agreement, as well, and that should serve as the starting points for our work.
Mike McQuary, chief executive of Wheego electric vehicles in Atlanta, Georgia, said those charge points were built to varying standards and that one of the huge "breakthroughs" recently was an agreement reached between car companies and makers of recharging stations over international equipment standards.
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Lott, who appeared on CNN's "Late Edition" on Sunday, suggested compromises are possible on the size of tax cuts and Medicare savings -- two sticking points in the quest for a bipartisan balanced budget agreement.
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