The substance was flown to a Berlin hospital for tests that confirmed it was rat or mouse poison.
It was not until July that China confirmed it had been refitting the ship.
It also confirmed that it is considering strategic options for its PC business, including potentially spinning it off.
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It has also confirmed that it will close about half of their 91 branches.
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While a few weeks ago it was all but confirmed that it would be politically unviable for Bernanke to engage in further easing, analysts today, like Sozzi, are already expecting it. (Read Apocalyptic Bernanke: Raise The Debt Limit Or Else).
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Then they fingerprinted it and sent it to their forensic team, who confirmed that it belonged to Mr Galassi.
Det Con Campbell agreed that the 999 call had been made from a telephone box in Helensburgh and confirmed that it was to provide information in relation to the fire at Scott Court.
But it has now confirmed that since 2005 it has vetted all proposed special severance payments to NHS staff.
And it confirmed their view that it is too late to engineer an orderly delay.
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Fifa also vowed it would ensure that no confirmed hooligans would make it to the first World Cup finals to be staged in Asia.
Yahoo has confirmed that it is cutting its workforce by 4% or 600 people.
Nationwide has since confirmed that it could make this request on behalf of its customers.
This week Airbus confirmed that it has overtaken Boeing in both orders and output.
The Met has confirmed that it is considering a belated full inquiry into the matter.
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Twitter has confirmed that it has acquired social TV startup Bluefin Labs.
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The Met Office confirmed that it was the coldest month since records began 100 years ago.
The New York Police Department confirmed that it uses the technology but wouldn't divulge specifics.
The company confirmed that it expects sales to grow 8% to 9%, matching expectations.
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The IMF confirmed that it and the European Commission had received a request for assistance.
But the US-based AP news agency confirmed that it was one of the groups.
Galileo confirmed that it does, though the liquid water is located beneath an icy crust.
Hughton was appointed assistant boss last week and Mort confirmed that it was solely Keegan's decision.
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QinetiQ confirmed that it was introducing a pay freeze, but declined to comment further.
John Schofield confirmed that it was indeed the Brenda Heist he had been searching for since 2002.
Rolls-Royce confirmed that it was cutting jobs but would not confirm the number of posts under threat.
Engineering group Costain has confirmed that it has had a takeover proposal rejected by outsourcing company Mouchel.
In late July GE Capital confirmed that it is negotiating another deal to buy privately held Lake Co.
This week, the FSA confirmed that it will not allow hedge funds to be marketed to retail investors.
Verisight, as record-keeper and administrator, confirmed that it accepted no revenue sharing from any mutual fund or product.
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According to CNET, Samsung has confirmed that it will launch a number of Tizen based devices this year.
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