Different figures are being circulated online, but the fact remains one.

But the fact remains that our understanding of these policies mechanics is rudimentary.

But, while a runaway climate remains a risk, runaway politics are already a fact.

The Committee remains concerned at the fact that only French may be used in applications for asylum.

Putin can preen, but the fact remains that Ukraine s economy is in far worse shape than Russia s.

But the tragic fact remains that every 30 seconds a child somewhere in Africa dies of malaria.

Yet, the fact remains that no country has reported that it prevented a person on the List from travelling.

In fact, at equivalent levels of educational capital, social origin remains an influential factor in determining these dispositions.

For the rest of the world, the unfolding Zhou scandal reconfirms a profoundly worrisome fact the Middle Kingdom remains deeply corrupt.

Director General Lamy has already flagged the fact that many problems still confront negotiators and that very little time remains.

But the fact remains that, like previous governments, the new administration will consist mostly of politicians unfit to hold ministerial office.

But, whatever the probabilities, the fact remains that there will generally be a high percentage of false positives when screening for rare conditions.

In fact, tourmaline remains unelectrified when its temperature is uniform, but manifests electrical properties when its temperature is rising or falling.

The fact that there has been no major nuclear terrorist attack should not lull us into a fall sense of security. The threat remains.

But European support for the Afghan mission is in fact limited, and cooperation between the biggest EU donor governments and the European Commission remains inadequate.

But the fact remains that Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika echoes at the strings of the heart of Africans and non Africans like no other songs can.

Complicating the picture further is the fact that Putin represents the most pro Western force in Russia, while the state apparatus remains conservative, traditional, and archaic.

The fact remains, however, that this issue is very much unresolved precisely because the critical element of implementation of the decolonization mandate has been woefully insufficient.

In fact, given the quantum leap worsening in the epidemic in recent years, the gap between need and action remains enormously wide and may even grow.

While MINURSO has thus far been able to contribute to the repatriation operations, the fact remains that the Mission's capacity to assist stranded migrants is limited.

In fact, mercantilism remains alive and well, and its continuing conflict with liberalism is likely to be a major force shaping the future of the global economy.

The fact remains whatever happened in the informal consultations, there was no consensus. If there had been a consensus, at least there would have been an agenda.

Sadly enough, the fact remains that a lot of the studies that are conducted in developing countries could never be authorized in the richer countries which fund the research.

The fact that a large black underclass remains something the recent floods in New Orleans revealed in a horrifically dramatic way is mainly the result of failing school systems.

Whatever deal Uruguay made with Washington, the fact remains that the prisoners released from Guantanamo have only been issued Uruguayan citizenship cards, which are not valid for foreign travel.

Yet another problem, which should be qualified, as a matter of fact, as cultural genocide the issue of banning instruction in the Georgian language in Gali schools remains unresolved.

China is making huge efforts to combat climate change despite the fact that it remains a low income developing country with a per capita GDP of just about 3,000.

That said, the fact remains that it wasn't the Facebook group which has led to the strike and workers calling for higher wages and better salaries to meet increasing living expenses.

On 3 July, the Cabinet had overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to postpone the withdrawal, thus underlining again the fact that the Government remains committed to the implementation of its plan, without delay.

But the fact remains that its economy, supposedly the most flexible in Europe, has not recovered from the shock five years later, despite massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, coupled with a substantial devaluation.

In fact, it remains popular among business groups, computer security experts, and advocates of safe cyberspace, even after the Supreme Court issued an order to suspend its implementation for the next 120 days.

The fact that five years have elapsed since then requires that we take stock of developments, assess the collective achievements that have been made and reflect on those areas where action remains inadequate.

Republican underperformance remains a stubborn fact even when the Great Depression and World War II are left out of the analysis (in the fond hope that they will prove to have been unique experiences).

Yet the fact remains that after decades of Yasir Arafat's autocratic rule, and despite the obvious constraints of continued Israeli occupation, the Palestinians did elect a leader in a relatively free and competitive election.

The fact remains that the Council today did not settle the question of accountability in Darfur. Rather, it exposed the fact that this Criminal Court was originally intended for developing and weak States, and that it is a tool for the exercise of the culture of superiority and to impose cultural superiority.

The fact remains, however, that we have partly succeeded but also partly failed with respect to the basic principles governing relations in the international arena, the development of the underdeveloped, and armed conflicts and terrorism.

The threat remains.

Despite the fact that most of the functioning rural medical facilities arrange for obstetrician gynaecologists to drive out to the facilities for consultations and provide family planning services, the level of services provided remains inadequate.

But I want to give the last word back to the novelists, and to Philip Roth, who ended by saying, The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway.

For all the successes of recent decades, the fact remains that 20 of the world's population still lives on less than 1 a day, while HIV AIDS and other communicable diseases are ravaging many societies.

In fact, even as China s economy has boomed over the past decade, structural adjustment in its domestic sectors slowed, mainly owing to political constraints. The banking system remains unhealthy and fragile capital markets are dying.

The question remains open.

Only the crisis remains.

The case remains pending.

The case remains pending.