Any police action against them, he said, would have involved a baton charge or the firing of tear gas.

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Two goals in the space of five first-half minutes put the U's in charge, Matt Green firing them in front from 18 yards with a neat half-volley.

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But AC Milan's celebrated right-back Gianluca Zambrotta injected some flair into the Italian charge after 23 minutes, firing in a spectacular shot which whistled just past the top corner before Riccardo Montolivo surged forward in similar style to swerve the controversial Jabulani ball against the upright from fully 30 yards.

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Mr Solbes, as the commissioner in charge of Eurostat, is particularly in the firing line.

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Individual ministers and civil servants will find themselves in the firing line in coming days, but most damaging for the government will be the charge of incompetence.

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The murder charge is accompanied by two "special circumstances, " including killing a police officer on duty and firing a weapon from a vehicle.

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