11.   Whether those statements amounted to mere talk or criminal conduct could prove central to the investigation.

12.   Kay in the Daily Mail Friday said Diana told him the palace statement amounted to accusing her of lying.

13.   The statement amounted to an apology, said EU spokesman Koen Vervaeke, but would block any lawsuits seeking reparations.

14.   The statement amounted to an apology, said spokesman Koen Vervaeke, but would block any lawsuits seeking reparations.

15.   The statement amounted to an apology, he said, but would block any lawsuits seeking reparations.

16.   The statement amounted to an apology, said EU spokesman Koen Vervaeke.

17.   The statement amounted to a flat-out rejection of Republican demands to cut taxes while boosting defense spending and restarting the ruinously expensive Star Wars anti-missile system.