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At least 23 EU countries will now endeavour to hammer out a new separate stability pact with teeth over the next three months.

Mitchell is trying to hammer out a compromise before the Arab League meets Friday in Libya to discuss the fate of the peace talks.

One of her first tasks as IMF chief will be to help hammer out a second bailout package for Greece.

They soon realised that this was not clever and got together to hammer out an agreement to limit central-bank sales to 400 tonnes a year.

Sleep seems to hammer out for me the logical conclusions of my vague days.

It's easy to hammer out rough drafts, but to turn those rough drafts into something readable and useful is another matter entirely.

The meeting was touted as an attempt to try to hammer out some lingering issues from the Copenhagen negotiations last December.

The committee spent hours trying to hammer out the final points of the agenda before finally reaching agreement.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson canceled his planned visit and stayed in Washington to help hammer out a stimulus package.

Investors do not seem convinced that euro-zone governments will be able to muster the political will to hammer out an agreement.

Raven tried to hammer out the beak's curve, but he never got it completely straight.

A summit in Copenhagen at the end of the year is supposed to hammer out a post-Kyoto agreement to cut greenhouse gases.

African Union negotiators are struggling to hammer out a peace agreement between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels. A.

From the user's point of view, he has pulled his hammer out of his toolbox only to find that there is still a hammer in there.

If we keep discussing all day, we should be able to hammer out a scheme.

Finally they were able to hammer out a peace agreement .

They should hammer out a joint approach to reducing global inflation, centred on a common public commitment to tighter monetary policies.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared an "emergency" in November and took legislative leaders behind closed doors to hammer out a compromise.

For the legislative election, its multitude of constituent groups managed to hammer out a united front.

His calm wisdom and understanding helped him hammer out a model of sound administration for future chief executives to follow.

For two decades, world leaders have been trying -- and failing -- to hammer out a workable deal on global warming.

The White House said there was sufficient time to hammer out a deal.

Japan's government, meanwhile, is pushing for an 'East Asian Community' and hopes to hammer out details of its proposal in coming months.

The mining companies sell the iron ore, and each year the two sides hammer out a contract for prices and quantities.

Drug companies could take some big hits as Democrats struggle to hammer out a workable universal-health-care scheme.

He said that is the only way to hammer out a peace treaty.

Also, the community has yet to hammer out a solid set of best practices for using MDBs.

Problems remain for Walsh and Woodley even if they do hammer out an agreement that allows for a temporary suspension of industrial action.

GM could soon follow if efforts to hammer out a voluntary restructuring fail.

Kyoto took five years to hammer out and that, unlike now, did not involve developing countries signing up to anything.

Better to hammer out a rough draft and revise later than spin your wheels for hours.

Long experience enabled them to hammer out a correct and practical scheme.

Xia remained confident that America will hammer out a deal in time, paving the way for further borrowing.

His words twist and grind and hammer out a story for the brain. . .

Both countries want to hammer out the deal by the time President Bush visits India some time either late next month or early March.

During his time at sea, Colt carved a six-barrel cylinder, locking pin and hammer out of wood.

Compounding the problem, lawmakers didn't hammer out a fix early this year, as many had expected.

In the coming months, Congress and the administration are likely to hammer out compromises on many disputed items.

Its franchise expired on December 31st. It has been given twotemporary extensions, while the politicians continue to hammer out a deal.

It takes such a long time to hammer out a deal.

They say thatwith Congress in recess this week, there will not be time to hammer out a dealbefore March 4th.

In coming months, the finance ministers from the countries will meet and hammer out details of the G20's reform plans.

A common misconception, he added, is that they deal with only the central government in Beijing to hammer out deals.

Until the new partners hammer out details later this year, there is danger it will become little more than cosmetic.

Unfortunately, Asia lacks any real security forum to hammer out problems.

Victor: Look, we have to hammer out these details by the 15th at the latest.

After the major agreement, we had to hammer out the details.

If we work together. . . I am confident we in Washington can hammer out a debt-reduction plan.

Marot conceded that any clause in record label contracts would take time to hammer out.

We interact with users to fix bugs and hammer out requirements.

The government tried to hammer out an agreement with workers.

We still need to hammer out some details, but the plans look good in general.

The machine can hammer out metal very thin.

We are required to learn to hammer out beautiful dishes in precious metals.

World leaders will try to hammer out a new global agreement to cut carbon emissions,

Agreement reached on North Korea nukes Six nations hammer out steps to verify nuclear power's disarmament

The battle to hammer out the fiscal year 2011 budget will reach its climax this week,

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