In fact, Cisco will be the first to admit that its own paranoia caused the company to take its eye of the prize, which led to some regrettable deals for The Flip Camera, Scientific Atlanta and Linksys.

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Pietersen helped reduce the requirement to 44 from 38 before he mis-cued to deep mid-wicket, but Flintoff somehow hit some more awesome shots as England achieved a relatively comfortable win in near darkness, despite some regrettable delaying tactics from the South Africans.

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But Carl Haglund, speaking for the liberal group, described some of the budget increases as "regrettable" and "just going too far".

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Former Danish Prime Minister Mr Rasmussen said that although some civilian deaths caused by Nato action were inevitable and regrettable, he was determined to reduce such fatalities - a cause of bitter resentment in Afghanistan.

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There were 4, 229 people on board the vessel at the time of the casualty and while the tragic loss of life caused by this regrettable incident will rightly be the subject of forensic investigations for some time to come, it should not be forgotten that without the skilled response of the majority of the crew, the loss of life could have been far higher.

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