41.   The ministry said Nakajima proposed retracting his remarks, but never apologized.

42.   He later retracted the remarks.

43.   He later retracted the remarks, saying they were a mistake.

44.   He later retracted the remarks, which was made at an off-the-record meeting with Japanese reporters and reported by a South Korean paper last week.

45.   Israel threatened Monday to break off negotiations unless PLO leader Yasser Arafat retracted remarks implying the autonomy agreement was a ploy and could be broken.

46.   But Goh said it was up to Lee, who has already offered an unprecedented public apology, to decide whether to retract the remarks which outraged the neighbour.

47.   But she later retracted the remarks and denied she was trying to ruin the truce.

48.   The Swiss government and the World Jewish Congress have agreed to resume talks after former president Jean-Pascal Delamuraz retracted derogatory remarks about aid to Holocaust victims.

49.   The Swiss government and the World Jewish Congress have patched up a bitter rift after former president Jean-Pascal Delamuraz retracted derogatory remarks about aid to Holocaust victims.

50.   The spat reduced a usually robust Tanaka to tears as she adamantly refused to retract her remark.