Although Azawad, a region spanning the expansive north of Mali, was proclaimed independent in April 2012 by Tuareg rebels, Mali has not recognised the de facto state.

Although plans to lift investment restrictions were announced in May 2012, the change awaited what administration officials said were detailed reporting requirements on U. S. companies doing business in Burma, along with creating mechanisms to prevent U. S. economic ties to the powerful Burmese military and individuals and companies involved in human rights abuses.

Although the Panamera will be a 4-door model, Road and Track magazine published a speculative piece in their April 2006 issue regarding the possibility of a new, 928-esque coupe that may debut on a shortened version of the Panamera's platform sometime around 2011 or 2012 model year.

Although Ibsen died in 2008, her son Michael gave a mouth-swab sample to the research team on 24 August 2012.

Although the first two months of 2012 were very bullish for the Dow, the next several months were more volatile, with the Dow having higher point swings and forming a tight closing range between 12, 700 and 13, 300.

Although the Falles is a very traditional event and many participants dress in medieval clothing, the ninots for 2005 included such modern characters as Shrek and George W. Bush, and the 2012 Falles included characters like Barack Obama and Lady Gaga.

Although this session never took place, it led to press rumours of a planned-but-abandoned supergroup named HELP ( Hendrix-Emerson-Lake-Palmer ) which survived for over forty years until Lake finally debunked them in 2012.

Although many political parties and economists have argued for a ( partly ) abolishment of the deduction, it is still in place as of 2012.

" Although the trade was finalized on August 10 ( two days before the gold medal match at the 2012 Olympics ), the trade was pending physicals that would be completed on August 17, meaning that Iguodala was still a member of the Sixers when he won his gold medal in London.

Although this rule takes effect with the 2014 Winter Olympics, the organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London chose to hold their torch relays only in their respective hosting countries of Canada and the United Kingdom ( except for brief stops in the United States and Ireland, respectively ).

Although NCDOT has stated it wouldn't be replaced after frequent thefts, as of May 7, 2012, the sign is present.

Although the station is very close to the main stadium, it will be closed during the 2012 Olympics, as it is far too small to handle the numbers of passengers expected to attend the Games.

Although the Kansas City Missouri Temple opened in May of 2012 in adjacent Clay County, the LDS Church still believes that a temple will also be built on the Independence Temple Lot ( currently owned by the Church of Christ ( Temple Lot )) at some future time.

Although, by the late first decade of the 21st century, ticket sales has begun to fall, with the 2012 post parade party selling out at 15, 300 tickets.

Although the Science Fiction Museum as a permanent collection was de-installed in March 2011, a new exhibit named " Icons of Science Fiction " is scheduled to open in June 2012.

Although no Santa trains ran in 2011 as volunteer efforts were put into completing the extension to Lintley in time for the 2012 season, they will run again in December 2012 on two successive weekends, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd.

Although he came out of his coma later in April, his colorectal cancer had advanced and he died in London on 20 May 2012 at the age of 62 from liver and kidney failure, three days after another disco legend, Donna Summer.

Although the Cougars would not be eligible for OVC or NCAA post-season competition until the 2012-13 season, they were invited to play in the 2012 Women's Basketball Invitational ( WBI ) tournament.

Although the new stock is to be supplied in Virgin livery, it was not expected to enter traffic before 31 March 2012, when the InterCity West Coast franchise was due to be re-let, though the date for the new franchise was later put back to December 2012 and any effect of this on the timetable for introducing the new coaches remains unclear.

Although Trygve and Aud filed a complaint against Nederland involving money and naming rights in 2005, Frozen Dead Guy Days is still alive ; the most recent celebration was held March 4 – 6, 2011, and the next is scheduled for March 2-4, 2012.

Although it was reported that Congress has passed a new law which will ban the use of all open spectrum by 2012,

Although from September 2008 there will be no student intake, and by 2012 the school will close completely.

Although songwriters living outside Sweden were once not allowed to enter Melodifestivalen, the 2012 contest marked the first time foreign songwriters could submit entries, provided that they collaborated with a Swedish songwriter.

Although the game was neither a prequel nor a sequel to the original Total Annihilation game, comparisons between the two games were inevitable.

Although Sephiroth does not appear in the prequel Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, he is mentioned as a hero that Zack Fair aspires to be.

Although rumored at one point to be a prequel set in the 1970s and following the fathers of the main characters in the original film, Heffernan had stated that the film would be " pure sequel.

Although originally un-explained, the characters ' origins, including how they met, were explained in a two part episode that served as a prequel to season three, " XANA Awakens ".

Although it was first advertised as a prequel to the first Spyro game, this game is in fact a reboot to the series, starting off from scratch and having nothing to do with the previous games.

Although published ten years after Shardik, Maia is a loose prequel whose events take place about a dozen years earlier.

Although it may be considered as the first episode in the Hornblower saga, it was written as a prequel ; the first Hornblower novel, The Happy Return, was published in 1937.

Although the first published game in which the character appeared was the initial Command & Conquer in 1995, Kane's first canonical appearance ( although this could be refuted as the Red Alert universe has now been officially severed from the Tiberium one ) was as an obscure counsellor to Joseph Stalin during the Soviet Union's invasion of Europe in the 1996 prequel Command & Conquer: Red Alert ; the story of which is placed nearly half a century before the events of the original C & C game.

Although the show's main character is also loosely based on Reichs, producers decided to name her Temperance Brennan, after the character in Reichs ' novels ; Reichs has stated that she views the show as somewhat of a prequel to her novels, with the TV show's Temperance Brennan as a younger version of the novels ' Temperance Brennan.

Although he had demonstrated no previous interest in film as a profession, Kurosawa submitted the required essay, which asked applicants to discuss the fundamental deficiencies of Japanese films and find ways to overcome them.

Although filmed in color, instead of black and white as the earlier 1930 film adaptation was, the wasted and desolated landscapes and environment are very effectively conveyed.

Although officially declassified, the original film taken by U. S. Corona spy satellite in the 1960s has been altered prior to declassification ; in answer to freedom of information queries, the government responds that these exposures ( which map to Groom and the entire NAFR ) appear to have been destroyed .< ref >

Although Bardot got the role, the film was cancelled, but it made her consider becoming an actress.

Although the European film industry was then in its ascendancy, Bardot was one of the few European actresses to have the mass media's attention in the United States, an interest which she did not reciprocate by rarely, if ever, going to Hollywood.

Although most agreed that it was a brave and worthy film, many considered the ending inappropriate.

Although the film would have comic moments, Chaplin described it as first and foremost a romantic film.

Although Chaplin was known for limiting visitors to his film sets, due to Universal's involvement, he allowed several journalists to follow the shooting at Pinewood Studios.

Although Chaplin still had plans for future film projects, he was by now very frail.

Although some of Chaplin's critics have claimed that credit for his film music should be given to the composers who worked with him, for example Raksin, who worked with Chaplin on Modern Times, has stressed Chaplin's creative position and active participation in the composing process.

Although the film had originally been released in 1952, due to Chaplin's political difficulties at the time, it did not play for one week in Los Angeles, and thus did not meet the criterion for nomination until it was re-released in 1972.

Although its Academy Award was presented to Taiwan, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was in fact an international co-production between companies in four regions: the Chinese company China Film Co-Production Corporation ; the American companies Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Sony Pictures Classics and Good Machine ; the Hong Kong company EDKO Film ; and the Taiwanese Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd ; as well as the unspecified United China Vision, and Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., created solely for this film.

Although Blade Runner was largely unsuccessful in its first theatrical release, it found a viewership in the home video market and became a cult film.

Although the film was less than successful at the box office in the wake of 9 / 11, it reached cult film status after the DVD release, inspiring numerous websites devoted to unraveling the plot twists and meanings.

Although not released until 1984, the filming sessions in January 1969 led to unexpected success when Bowie told the producers, " That film of yours — I've got a new song for it.

Although he had plans to either write a book or make a film ( which he would call Digging up the Past ), Morris never completed his Ed Gein project.

Although Coppola insisted that this was purely coincidental, for not only was the script for The Conversation completed in the mid-1960s ( before the election of Richard Nixon ) but the spying equipment used in the film was discovered through research and the use of technical advisers and not, as many believed, by revelatory newspaper stories about the Watergate break-in.

Although ridiculed for making the film, Coppola has defended it, saying he is not ashamed of the final cut of the movie.

Although, strictly speaking, U. S. film director D. W. Griffith was not part of the montage school, he was one of the early proponents of the power of editing — mastering cross-cutting to show parallel action in different locations, and codifying film grammar in other ways as well.

Although D. W. Griffith did not invent any new film techniques, he was the best film director working up to 1913, and this was because he made better dramatic and artistic use of the medium than other directors.

Although film production began again in 1915, it was on a reduced scale, and the biggest companies gradually retired from production, to concentrate on film distribution and exhibition.