Mediators had been awaiting the outcome of the Turkish elections before proceeding, officials said.
One Western ambassador here called the dispute over who is in charge "unhelpful," but it remains unclear how the disarmament will proceed, officials said.
The cleanup of the Hart Senate Office Building is proceeding, officials said today, but they would not speculate on when it might be safe for senators to move back into their offices.
For those primaries to proceed, officials there said, an answer from the courts was needed by Feb. 1. "This is a big win for Texas, and will require the drawing of districts much more likely to favor Texas's interim plan," Richard L. Hasen, an election law expert at the University of California, Irvine, said in an e-mail.
In addition to suspending Firefighter Deluca -- who had developed an Internet relationship with the woman and met her in person for the first time early yesterday -- and Firefighter Waugh, Commissioner Scoppetta took the house's engine and truck out of service for most of the day so the investigation could proceed, officials said.
One of the men shouted "Allahu akbar," or "God is great," as the attack proceeded, government officials said.
Had the trade proceeded, league officials surely would have investigated and — if they concluded that the Nets had promised to waive Stackhouse — would have probably killed the deal.
The speed with which negotiations proceeded, the officials said, reflected the wishes of the lawyers for the other side and the nature of the case.
But even as the court fight proceeded, scouting officials were also restructuring the organization's system of reporting abuse and promised to look back through other old files not released publicly.
Director Louis J. Freeh of the F.B.I. warned in 1996 that Attorney General Janet Reno and one of her top deputies should remove themselves from an investigation into Democratic fund-raising after the aide was quoted as saying that Ms. Reno could lose her job if the inquiry proceeded, government officials said today.
