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"I wanted to draw your attention to the rolling out of the oil-for-goods deal, which is on a very significant scale," Ryabkov told a briefing with members of the upper house of parliament on the talks with Iran.
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Four years on, however, Laws, by then Gove's deputy, would publicly attack his boss for undermining the schools inspectorate, and a briefing war with Nick Clegg would turn the coalition's schools lunches policy into a dog's dinner.
Yet here they are in these extraordinary times not hinting but rather heavily briefing that they will not cause trouble for their political opponents in the management of the economy.
The agency said in a news release that five of eight team members planned to receive a briefing from company officials Sunday evening, while the full team will begin work Monday.
Updated at 11.58am BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.23am BSThis23 This is an extract from what Benedict Brogan has to say about "one year to go until the election coverage" in the papers in his Telegraph morning briefing email.
The BBC's own No 10 briefing on reported threats to the licence fee was calmer.
Related: FBI used Patriot Act to obtain 'large collections' of Americans' data, DoJ finds Earlier, a group of half a dozen senators from both parties met with national security council officials in the White House situation room to hear a briefing on the practical impact of the competing legislation.
At his regular briefing at 11am, the prime minister's spokesman said Darling had decided to pay back money "for the avoidance of doubt" but the spokesman would not accept the contention put to him by journalists that the chancellor had done anything wrong.
In a briefing for journalists yesterday after Cameron appeared at prime minister's question time, the phrase "women's issues" was employed an embarrassing number of times by aides seeking to explain the PM's decisions.
