But the space agency utterly rejected the claims, which had been circulating as rumours before appearing in wire reports on Tuesday.

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The jury rejected claims by the defence that Feijoli had been forced to hire the gunmen after the ranchers threatened his life.

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The deposed Miandad had accepted on his return to Pakistan that the tour had not been a success, but rejected the report's claims.

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Ofqual has rejected claims of unfairness - and produced a report suggesting that there had been over-marking of controlled assessments by teachers.

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He also rejected opposition claims that the extended powers of the Offences Against the State Act had not been used.

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