Minister sorry for 'fools' jibe
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A Nigerian minister begs the forgiveness of senators five times after calling them "fools", prompting a strike.
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Â· Conservative leader keen to avoid reigniting furore Â· Spokesman on Europe gets severe reprimand
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Ireland's prime minister apologized to lawmakers Tuesday for taking money in secret from businessmen more than a decade ago, a scandal that has threatened to end his nine-year term in office or trigger early elections.
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The prime minister of Hungary apologized last week for joking that the Saudi soccer team had 'very many terrorists' on its roster.
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Charles Clarke apologises for the personal attack he made earlier this month on Gordon Brown.
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Stuart Carlisle says a decision to clear the Zimbabwe Cricket Union of racism is a "joke".
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A British man says he was "not serious" about a suggestion to blow up MPs in the House of Commons.
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Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has apologised for false government intelligence information about weapons of mass destruction that was the basis for Britain joining the Iraq invasion last year.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen (é³åå±±) yesterday apologized for the words used to condemn a comment by his Singaporean counterpart who warned against Taiwan independence at a United Nations meeting last week.
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A government minister attacks criticism of two officers who were accused of not doing enough to help a drowning boy.
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Â· Experts condemn plan to make tenants seek workÂ· No 10 takes detached view of minister's plans
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The Lord Chancellor apologises after  a judge allegedly described a black witness using a racist term.
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Tories accuse ministers of airbrushing out of existence Tony Blair's Respect agenda
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What like the Cones Hotline? Or the East India Company? Sometimes the Reg likes to think it casts a satirical eye over the day's news. And sometimes government ministers are so out of touch with reality that they do our job for us.â¦
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Businessman apologises in new campaign row, as Brown says he is 'relaxed' over revelations
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The education minister hits back at those who claim Northern Ireland's education spending is in crisis.
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Japan&#39;s defence minister apologised Sunday after sparking outrage over remarks which implied that the atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Japan were the inevitable way to end World War II.