1.   The timber and paper industry dismisses the outcry about ecological damage as overblown.

2.   Dismissing the outcry over secrecy, he said Britain was following international rules banning advance publication of movements of such material.

3.   He dismissed the outcry over secrecy, saying Britain was following international rules banning advance publication of movements of such material.

4.   The Miss World organising committee said in London on Friday that the event would go through as planned and dismissed the outcry as a routine occupational hazard.