31.   Japan has admitted the army seized young women for use as sex slaves, but has refused to provide compensation or an official apology to individuals.

32.   Jiang failed to get an official Japanese apology for the World War II occupation of China and spent the rest of his stay lecturing officials about learning from history.

33.   Joram Tentua, one of the protesters, said a commemoration of the victims of Dutch colonialism or an official apology would have been more appropriate.

34.   Jospin has refused to offer an official apology to Algeria.

35.   Lavrov asked for an official apology, disciplinary action against those responsible, and compensation for hospital fees and other expenses.

36.   Lawmakers continue to disagree over whether official apologies have gone far enough.

37.   LBH and the women demanded an official apology from the Japanese government and compensation for their sufferings as comfort women.

38.   Prime Minister John Howard has consistently refused to make an official apology to the Aborigines.

39.   Rutgersen had wanted an official apology.

40.   The apology came in a letter to British Prime Minister John Major, but was it an official apology targetted at Europeans or a product of domestic politics?