The committees have been in abeyance for some years but they have not been disbanded.

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Until Serbia has a new government the European Union-sponsored dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia will remain in abeyance.

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O'Connor didn't plead guilty this week and the charge is played in abeyance for two years, Iredale said.

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He would now be prepared to countenance a less-than-final agreement that would leave Jerusalem in abeyance for the time being.

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However, attempts are being made to challenge PA4 and if enough signatures are gathered the law can be held in abeyance until a referendum in November 2012.

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But, on the other hand, with peace in abeyance, the diplomatic and economic salvation that a treaty with Israel would have brought is out of the question as well.

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And, although the judges annulled the decision to put the pact in abeyance, they also said that the council's failure to adopt the commission's recommendations was not something they either could or should overrule.

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