"I have therefore decided that the department will not seek to place the existing policy on pre-school on a statutory basis at this time, " he said.

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"I thought his words at the time were rather unusual: he said, 'It has been decided that we will take no further action' - not 'I have decided', " said Mr Price.

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"After being in piracy for eight years, I have decided to renounce and quit, and from today on I will not be involved in this gang activity, " AFP news agency quotes Afweyneh as saying at a news conference in Adado on Wednesday.

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