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In the meantime, the opposition, although strong and immoderate, is not yet secessionist.

Until now, the government has been able to finance its vast debts locally, despite paying paltry interest rates even on longer term borrowings.

And the dollar s exalted global status has survived ever since, despite many episodes of neglect and abuse.

Despite the weakness of Japan s fiscal position, the market for Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) remains stable, at least for now.

The result is, the second phase of the deployment has still not taken place even though it was accepted by Khartoum six months ago.

Although both Alaa and Ahmed Abdel Rahman have been detained for over a month pending investigation, no court date has been assigned yet for the case.

Though other international conventions apply to the cross border enforcement of arbitration awards, the New York Convention is by far the most important.

Religion Roman Catholicism is, by far, the largest religion in the country, although Catholicism is no longer officially the state religion.

Although football is by far the most popular sport in Sicily, the island also has participants in other fields.

Even though home prices have already fallen sharply, there has been no meaningful rebound.

Similarly, while the great firewall of China is far from perfect, the government has managed thus far to cope, even as the Internet has burgeoned in the country.

Though political parties have not been legalized, they are nonetheless active in parliament and public life.

Her baby died, but she survived, despite terrible injuries, determined to speak out so that others would not have to endure the same ordeal.

So far, relatively little help has been forthcoming from the engineers and physicists in whom Trichet placed his faith, though there has been some response.

Although reports have so far not implicated Annan directly, his management failures are abundantly clear.

But, despite flourishing rhetoric about promoting democracy, promoting it is still not backed with concrete plans of action.

The issue of political prisoners is still unresolved, though the Government has expressed its determination to deal with it in the shortest possible time.

Yet, despite all the difficulties, the situation in Afghanistan, unlike that in Iraq, is not hopeless.

Under the provisions of a five year development plan, the country is trying to create jobs for its unemployed population, though the results of these efforts have not yet materialized.

Although it has been operational for only a short time, the synergies between EUFOR and other European Union actors on the ground have started to take effect.

Despite some advances, progress in the implementation of standards in Kosovo remains, so far, uneven.

Death Amin trusted the Soviet Union until the very end, despite the deterioration of official relations.

Although there is currently no formal requirement to review obsolete and unsuitable laws at regular intervals, the Ministry of Justice is in the process of recasting laws and regulations.

However, after five years, and in spite of the emphasis put on the special needs of Africa, very little has been achieved for our continent so far.

This improvement notwithstanding, it should be noted that currently the JMAC remains a purely military entity under the FC.

This is true even in services, despite slow productivity growth in Europe.

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is What does a woman want?

Noting with great concern that, despite all the efforts made so far by the United Nations, the African Union and others, the situation of refugees and displaced persons in Africa remains precarious,

Nevertheless, four years on, a UN investigation has yet to take place, because the military junta refuses to grant the UN access to the country.

For example, journalists have been imprisoned for producing articles and books at the behest of an alleged terrorist organization called Ergenekon, whose existence has yet to be confirmed, despite years of investigation.

Integration or destabilization? The decisions are anything but final, even though the isolationists now prevail.

Despite massive injections of funds and unprecedented security, insurgents have still managed to halt or reduce oil production and exports several times since the invasion.

Noting with great concern that, despite all the efforts deployed so far by the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity and others, the situation of refugees and displaced persons in Africa remains precarious,

Although no agreement had been reached on the extent of that enhancement and the means to achieve it, it was encouraging to note that the work was still on track.

Despite this, clashes intensified until civil war broke out in early May 1994.

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The international community has, so far, failed to develop effective and equitable arrangements for restructuring sovereign debt, despite the clearly dysfunctional and problematic consequences of past international public debt crises.

Despite stress tests, bailout funds, and continual meetings, a permanent workable fix has so far eluded European policymakers.

While this has been the most inclusive peace effort to date, insecurity and ongoing disputes have prevented the Transitional Federal Government from relocating to Somalia.

Nonetheless, despite the technical difficulties, it should be possible to make spectacular advances in unraveling brain organization, even in humans, by adopting appropriate strategies with the tools now available.

Even though the 1988 Brazilian Constitution recognizes equality between women and men, this principle is still far from being a true part of the daily life of significant portions of the population.

Now, however, is not the time to freeze out Pakistan, despite the seeming chaos.

Despite the increased public awareness today, we cannot rest on our laurels.

Despite massive evidence to the contrary, many people not least theologians fear that we live in a secular age.