1. Human rights organisations and campaigners seeking to clean up the arms trade welcomed the report as a step towards transparency. 2. The chairman dismissed the report as pure speculation. 3. Soon afterwards there was a loud report as the fuel tanks exploded. 4. ...Brigadier Ferguson was mentioned in the report as being directly responsible. 5. Saudi officials have dismissed such reports as rumours. 6. I welcome the report as a herald of more freedom, not less. 7. Mr Wakeham dismissed the reports as speculation. 8. A ministry official described the report as groundless. 9. A Foreign Office spokesman denied the reports as baseless and mischievous. |