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- adj. Describing something, like a policy or opinion, which has some but not all of the authority of an official body. Such is thus probably correct but the body can change its mind (opinion or policy) without contradicting itself.
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Examples
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"Annual sales growth will probably fall short of our forecast if no positive factors emerge," Dong Yang , secretary general of the semi-official China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, said Thursday at a briefing on vehicle sales data for May.
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At one of the semi-official gathering spots -- a massive, accordion-and-Hops-fueled bar called Hofbrauhaus -- the security guards were saying they'd never seen visiting fans take over the place like that, for any sport.
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A closer look traces this tidbit to the semi-official Fars news agency which attributes the violence to protesters: "One person was shot dead and several were wounded by seditionists opposition supporters who staged a rally in Tehran."
Sharmine Narwani: Washington's Valentine's Day Faux Pas in the Middle East
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Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi confirmed that retaliatory measures had been taken but did not provide any details, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
Iran stops fully refueling British planes in retaliation against oil agreement
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The semi-official Fars news agency said Friday that the commander, identified as General Abbas Asemi, died in an explosion.
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Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency, quoting an unnamed police source, said police were investigating the assassination which took place in eastern Tehran.
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ET: An unnamed judiciary official tells the semi-official news agency Fars that the men are in their homes and that there had only been "restrictions on their contacts," Sky News reports.
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The semi-official ISNA news agency says Iranian nuclear experts met this week to discuss how to remove the malicious computer code, dubbed Stuxnet, which can take over systems that control the inner workings of industrial plants.
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The project requires some $10 billion investment and will be constructed within three years, the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr reported.
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China's overall auto sales rose 32.4% to 18.06 million vehicles in 2010, but growth will likely slow to 10%-15% this year, the semi-official China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in January.
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