The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, and its consulates in Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar were closed Monday to routine business, the embassy said in a statement.

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Those are two areas that Kwiatkowski visited during his "routine duties to transport patients, " an Exeter Hospital statement said.

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"Early signs are that the operation was routine and Andrew will begin his rehabilitation accordingly, " an ECB statement read.

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Two sailors were undergoing a free-fall routine before opening their parachutes, a Navy official said in a statement, which added it was a normal exercise to maintain readiness.

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"With advanced multibeam sonar, it may become routine to discover seeps while we systematically explore our poorly known ocean, " NOAA scientist Stephen Hammond said in the statement.

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"This is part of routine investigative work when two crimes occur under somewhat similar circumstances, " Kaufman Police Chief Chris Aulbaugh said in a statement on the look at any links with the Clements case.

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