Syria and Israel , which were due to resume their peace talks in America this week, put off the meeting with no further date fixed.

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And it put off the analyst meeting, usually held in February, until April.

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But the allies put off launching the new body until their next meeting in Iceland next May, and did not earmark any areas for joint decision with Russia following last-minute resistance by Washington as well as Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, diplomats said.

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The union has put off or cancelled meeting dates and has yet to submit its proposals for a contract.

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Instead, the group will probably put off making a decision until a ministerial meeting in Vienna on 21 June, Opec delegates said.

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