Although both sides put on a brave face and played down the postponement - with the Greek finance minister Yannis Stournaras saying "there has been significant progress in the talks with the troika" - well-briefed sources did not share the same view.
Both the Syrian and Israeli governments reacted to the postponement with degrees of defiance.
Committee members jousted angrily over the postponement, with Republicans asserting that it was unfair.
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His feelings about the process began to emerge in what he posted to the blog after his second day: "A prospective juror can ask for one postponement with no questions asked," he wrote.
The office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, had until Monday to bring an indictment, hold a preliminary hearing and offer evidence of probable cause for an arrest, or seek another postponement with Mr. Shahzad's consent.
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Players from both teams were in the clubhouses at the time of the postponement along with stadium employees.
The two leaders announced the "postponement" of the visit.But with no date rescheduled, that looked more like cancellation.
Something similar happened earlier this month in the States with the postponement of the national release of Jack Reacher after the Newtown massacre.
Lab officials said a budget shortfall, coupled with the postponement of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement-Nuclear Facility, a huge project that had been in the planning stages for years, led to the cuts.
