The Cardiff-based exam board initially refused to implement the regrading and the minister was eventually forced to use his legal powers to issue a direction ordering them to carry it out.

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President Arroyo reacted by ordering the suspension of all logging, legal or illegal, although subsequently exceptions began to emerge.

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Randy Stone, a Marine legal officer who has been charged with dereliction of duty for not ordering an investigation.

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