21.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the killings a tragic mistake.

22.   Beijing still refuses to accept the U.S. explanation of the bombing as a tragic mistake resulting from faulty intelligence.

23.   Defense attorneys argue the shooting was a tragic mistake made after the victim ignored orders to stop and pulled out a black wallet that appeared to be a gun.

24.   She said the shooting appeared to be a tragic mistake.

25.   Ten of their colleagues had been killed shortly after their helicopter landed in what the general characterized as a tragic mistake.

26.   The defense contends the shooting was a tragic mistake made after the victim ignored orders to stop and pulled out a black wallet that looked like a gun.

27.   The heavily censored Russian media reports fail to mention such tragic mistakes.

28.   The newspaper article also was the first time Chinese media have reported that NATO said Saturday the bombing was a tragic mistake and expressed condolences.

29.   The officers, who said the shooting was a tragic mistake, were acquitted of murder earlier this year.

30.   U.S. President Bill Clinton has apologized to China for what he said was a tragic mistake by NATO.