Singapore "has made every effort to be open and transparent in both the investigation of Mr. Todd's death and the IME's projects, " the ministry said.

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The administration has been restrained, and has made every effort to keep this, what is basically an accident of two planes colliding, from blowing up into an incident, which is something worse.

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Ever since it was all but razed to the ground by fire in 1871, Chicago has made every effort to use the opportunity to improve itself: one of the first buildings to be reconstructed was its public library.

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It is for this reason that the Chinese leadership has made every effort to reassure the sources of vital technology and capital in the West that investments already made in the PRC are secure and that the opportunities for high profits in the future are better than ever.

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Malaysia's government has insisted it made every effort to coax the Filipinos to leave and had to use force after the group fatally shot two policemen last week.

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What they have is national forces that every effort has been made to represent the national population.

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"While every effort has been made to reduce our corporate costs and protect front-line services to the public, inevitably there will be fewer posts overall and that will have an impact on policing, " he said.

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