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The Paris Philharmonic said it had filed a complaint over the disruption, adding it "deplores and strongly condemns the serious incidents that occurred".

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But clauses which will hand ministers powers to force the break-up of some big estates are deplored by many landowners and their representatives.

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The European Union and the African Union have deplored the regime's violent crackdown on protesters, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an investigation.

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Why, he asked, is that acceptable in politics when it’s deplored in just about every other field of endeavor?

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Critics deplore the fact that the undisputed growth has only benefitted a small portion of the population and has been accompanied by a spiralling cost of living.

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