If anything, the statement might damage the hopes of James Soong, a conservative from Mr Lee's party.

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In a statement yesterday, Fabrinet disclosed that it is seeing extensive damage to some of its facilities.

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In a statement into the cause of the flooding, Yorkshire Water said it was sorry for the damage to people's homes.

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"Multinational Forces discontinued the engagement of those terrorists in order to protect the civilian populace and minimize collateral damage to the town of Qaryat ar Rufush, " the CPIC statement said.

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Ltd. will wind down over the course of two years following the termination of the cooperation contracts, Swatch said in its statement, adding that it will seek damage claims.

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Mr. KEELING: One of the numbers I looked at last night as we were putting our paper together was a statement from the provost, that said about 60 percent of the buildings on campus had suffered either some damage to significant damage from the storm.

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"At this time, there have been no reports of damage to any of the state's critical infrastructure, " Cuomo said in a written statement.

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None of the seven staff members inside the building at the time of the attack was hurt, but the building suffered extensive damage, the ICRC said in a statement.

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In a separate statement also aimed at improving consumer confidence, the Commission said it was looking at ways of fighting computer crime following the damage caused by Thursday's Love Bug virus.

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