Powell's comments came in a strongly worded statement read by State Department spokesman Richard Boucher in Washington.

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And I said that Mr. Obama should have issued a strongly worded statement distancing himself from this kind of garbage.

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Certainly, given the broad range of APEC membership, such a strongly worded statement is likely to make uncomfortable reading in Brussels.

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Gadhafi is in a "legal black hole, " held for 139 days in "total isolation" except for visits from officials, his ICC-appointed defense said in a strongly worded statement.

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In a strongly worded statement, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Friday that the U.S. respects freedom of expression, but the publication of cartoons that incite religious or ethnic hatred is unacceptable.

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In a strongly worded statement, U.N.

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Reigning Premiership champions Newtonmore have backed Skye's stance and, in a statement, has launched a strongly worded attack on the association's board.

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His statement was the latest in a series of strongly worded diplomatic warnings from India.

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