Instead,they called for a temporary political agreement while continuing to negotiate a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol.
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In the meantime, Silva is seeking extension of a temporaryagreement that gives most exports from Colombia and Ecuador duty-free access to the U.S. market.
The Middle East peace process, which has been at a standstill for 19 months, faces a deadline of May 1999, when a temporaryagreement between Israel and the Palestinians expires.
"It seems there's going to be some kind of temporary stopgap agreement between Washington and Baghdad that will give the U.S. some kind of temporary legal cover to remain in Iraq, " NPR Defense Correspondent Guy Raz tells Michele Norris.