71.   Major also pledged to continue raising the controversial issues of compensation and an official apology, with the Japanese.

72.   Major also pledged to continue raising the controversial issues of compensation and an official apology with the Japanese.

73.   Pakistan accepted an official apology from Kabul and had agreed to consider reopening its embassy in Kabul.

74.   President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique received an official apology from South Africa on Wednesday for crimes committed against his country during the years of apartheid rule.

75.   Russia is demanding an official apology for the attack.