Livingstone will remain on paid leave, Quinn said, until the file incident is clarified to the satisfaction of Chief of Staff Leon Panetta.

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The Crown Prosecution Service said that after receiving a complete file on the incident, it had concluded there was insufficient evidence to bring charges.

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Police said they didn't file charges in that incident.

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Whenever the police become involved with an incident involving someone from another country, they file a report with the relevant embassy, Mr. King said.

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If such an incident did happen, there could be a report on file at one of the big Western airports.

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In a separate incident in the same month, a confidential social work file was found by a tourist after being dropped in a car park in Dumfries.

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The decision, which allows impacted users to file compensatory claims, stems from a 2008 - 2009 incident in which a private German citizen incurred a loss of phone, fax and internet service over a two month period.

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Of those, fewer than 3, 400 reported the incident, and nearly 800 of them simply sought help but declined to file complaints against their alleged attackers.

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Critics describe the incident as an embarrassment to the French government, which has introduced new rules targeting illegal file-sharers.

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