He further stated that his office had inaccurately described the program in previous letters sent to Congress, but that this was unintentional.

Mutlaq's office described the incident as an attempted assassination by rogue elements.

His office described it as a minor oversight that had been rectified.

Mr Major called in the relevant ministers to Number 10 for what his office officially described as an 'updating'.

His office described the visit as "cordial."

But in mid-June he was re-admitted to the hospital with what his office described as a post-operative infection.

His private office is described by one insider, as "minimalist and modern but certainly not flash".

Two pieces of what the medical examiner's office described as "human remains" were found on Jan. 27 on the 38th floor of the 41-story building.

The Brussels prosecutors' office described the weapons used as "like Kalashnikovs" most likely the Galil.

But the District Attorney's office described the New Rochelle case as a "white, middle-class situation."