This near miss seemed to rouse Villa, however, as they went on the attack themselves.

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However, as fluent as the visitors were in attack, they were almost as vulnerable at the back early on and Santa Cruz twice could have drawn Rovers level before Adebayor's first goal.

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However, they said, other phones were just as likely to be vulnerable to the attack.

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However, an attack on the Syrian side could cause a major diplomatic incident, they say, as Iran has said it will treat any Israeli attack on Syria as an attack on itself.

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However, the governors themselves are now coming under attack, after it emerged that they did not examine the veracity of Mr Gilligan's report before backing him, but merely whether general reporting guidelines had been followed.

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