Requests to view or listen to BBC output via such portable hand-held devices now make up more than a quarter of total iPlayer requests.

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He said details of the total number of requests for remarks would be published later in the year as official statistics.

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But that didn't cut down on the number of passwords users had to keep track of, nor did it reduce the total number of reset requests.

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It said the 11 NI government departments received a total of 3, 164 such requests during 2007.

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Requests for remarks were made in relation to 50, 257 test papers - about 3% of the total number marked and 3, 000 more than last year.

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Reacting to the requests of many countries clamouring for this change, Caf has ruled that all future squads must list a total of three goalkeepers.

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