Initially the agreement called for a temporary freeze of wages, prices and the currency rate.

The Justice Department hopes to have the temporary freeze made permanent, so that the assets will be available to cover tax bills.

The Governor has already acted to pare about $250 million from the current budget deficit through a temporary freeze on state contracts, hiring and travel.

This could result in a temporary freeze or an actual decline in the rates consumers pay for cable.

In July, in order to build up the country's herds, the government put a temporary freeze on exports of live cattle, to last several months.

But they said it put far more emphasis on a temporary freeze and the aid it would get in return.

He also visited City Hall here today to negotiate a temporary freeze in house demolitions and building.

They ordered a temporary freeze on the economic development zones chewing up farmland and promised to reform the land system.

One was a temporary freeze on construction by the Israelis.

A temporary freeze on economic development zones was lifted in November and already it appears that local governments are pushing forward with land grabs.