The legal counsel for Florida's county election officials recommended halting the purge of names until the state responded to the federal government's legal assessment.

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They agreed on the urgency of halting the spread of nuclear weapons technology, the state department spokesman said, according to the Associated Press.

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In an editorial published on Thursday, the state-run Chinese newspaper Global Times said that halting the project would be a "lose-lose situation" for both countries.

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