1.  A spokesman for Friends of the Earth described the statement as an important breakthrough.

2.  He described sworn statements from four new witnesses who said Gonzalez had not taken part in the attack.

3.  The government has described the statements of two of the men as confessions of involvement in the bombing conspiracy.

4.  EMI described the statement as a regulatory disclosure that was required by stock exchange regulations, and said it did not mean to say that Carey had been fired.

5.  EMI described the statement as a regulatory disclosure that was required by stock exchange regulations.

6.  He described statements about the growing influence of the Russian mafia as part of the plot to scare away foreign investors.

7.  CIU members of parliament described the statement on television by Gonzalez as scarcely convincing.