But he also took the precaution of deleting all his recent calls from the phone while the officers were speaking to him.

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It seems that Japan is moving in this direction, with recent calls for "Big Bang" deregulation of its financial sector as well as other industries.

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The announcement follows Blatter's recent calls for goal-line technology to be introduced in reaction to an incident that occurred during Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

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