I will make that assumption although they haven't told us, but in the absence of that information, why not.

Hosting this year s G 8 summit reportedly cost Canada a fortune, despite the absence of any significant results.

Countries such as France and Germany that opposed action in Iraq were willing to use force in Kosovo despite the absence of Security Council authorization.

Despite your indisposition, Your Highness?

However, Egypt's strong material and diplomatic support for Iraq in the war with Iran led to warmer relations and numerous contacts between senior officials, despite the continued absence of ambassadorial level representation.

The economic impact of politics in the US, while important, will be less dynamic absent a more cooperative Congress, politics will mute policy responses rather than fuel greater activism.

But...

But still...

Despite the handcuffs,

Yet, despite the difficulties that have bedeviled the CFA (and the euro of late) indeed, despite the absence of viable regional customs unions (except in the East African Community), let alone a single market Africans retain a strong allegiance to the idea of a currency union.

Although President George W. Bush says he believes in markets, in this case he has called for voluntary action. But it makes far more sense to use the force of markets the power of incentives than to rely on goodwill, especially when it comes to oil companies that regard their sole objective as maximizing profits, regardless of the cost to others.

Even though I may have the tools,

As variable as flu is,

It gets worse though.

Focus stealing prevention level

In any case, despite the election results, and even without Fatah in government, Abbas remains in charge of negotiations with Israel.

Although it does have two sides that are parallel.

Apparently you've no alibi at all.

It may not be fear.

General JungLu.

We undertook a national dialogue that led to a unilateral declaration of ceasefire, and that ceasefire has been respected despite Israel's obstructions and provocations.

Despite the heavy gunfire,

Despite these new discoveries,

But we need results!

She loved you... through everything.

I'll take it, though.

In spite of his fancies, not because of them.

Though we may roam,

Still...

Police verified Sami's alibi.

State party's failure to cooperate

A mass of circumstantial evidence. No alibi whatsoever.

His name is Adnan Ghayar

All of this to say, that despite the horror, and despite the death, women are never really counted.

As essential as it is across our traditions, as real as so many of us know it to be in particular lives, the word compassion is hollowed out in our culture, and it is suspect in my field of journalism.

Nonetheless, without deep socio economic reforms, America s GDP growth is likely to be slow at best, while its political system seems paralyzed.

So, we need to acknowledge that despite the dubious statistics, despite the fact that 84 of people in Britain feel politics is broken, despite the fact that when I was in Iraq, we did an opinion poll in 2003 and asked people what political systems they prefered and the answer came back that 7 wanted United States, 5 wanted France, 3 wanted Britain, and nearly 40 wanted Dubai which is after all not a democratic state at all, but relatively prosperous minor monarchy.

And that is why I follow you even though I often tremble with fear.

It was in a grizzly bear preserve, although no one told me that before we went.

He is rich but he is not happy.

There are exceptions, though.

Austen continued to work in spite of her illness.

They have a complicated, but shared common history.

Even though it pricked my conscience then,

Even though she was well aware of your temper.