China PM apologizes for snow response
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In a rare move for a Chinese politician, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao apologized Tuesday to the hundreds of thousands of people stranded in train stations across the country as the worst winter weather in half a century -- combined with crippling power problems -- nearly brought travel to a standstill for millions trying to go home for the Chinese New Year holiday.
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Transport, power generation and food  supply were back to normal in most of China on Sunday after the  worst winter weather in decades killed scores of people and  caused billions of dollars of damage, authorities said.
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A senior Mattel executive apologized to China on Friday for recent recalls of Chinese-made toys and said it took full responsibility.
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China signaled on Thursday its row with  Singapore over a visit by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to  Taiwan last month may have blown over, but warned Japan over an  unscheduled stop by Taiwan's premier blamed on a typhoon.
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The manager of the China Under-23 football team has apologised for a mass brawl which led to the abandonment of his side's match with Queens Park Rangers here this week.
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China tackled its snow crisis with a striking Â and uniquely Chinese Â display of communist mass mobilization, propaganda and state control.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair urged London's mayor yesterday to apologize for an offending remark made to a Jewish journalist in which he compared the reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard.
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Japan said China apologized on Tuesday  for the intrusion by one of its submarines into Japanese waters  last week in a gesture that defuses a dispute and may open the  way for a bilateral summit this weekend.
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Chaotic winter weather besieged China's business and farming heartland on Tuesday amid the country's worst power crisis, with one mountain-road accident blamed on snow killing 25 people ahead of a major holiday.
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French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin apologized Wednesday for an outburst directed at the opposition Socialist leader a day earlier that provoked fury among lawmakers.
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China struggled on Sunday with  transport havoc and threats to energy and food supplies caused  by snows and icy cold, with forecasters warning of more brutal  weather across eastern and central areas in coming days.
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China has admitted that its submarine  intruded into Japanese waters last week and apologized over the  incident, Japan's top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda told  a news conference Tuesday.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized and promised to waive parking tickets issued to snowbound cars.
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China highlighted Mattel's apology over its recall of huge numbers of toys on Monday to press Beijing's claim that its exports are generally safe and foreign politicians and media have unfairly hyped quality scares.
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A U.S. company's apology to China sparks criticism in both places.
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Chinese premier Wen Jiabao took a bullhorn in hand to encourage stranded passengers in the snow-bound city of Changsha, as unusually severe winter weather snarled transport throughout the south amidst the country's worst power crisis.
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China has admitted that one of its submarines accidentally intruded into Japanese waters last week and has apologised for the incident, Japan&#39;s top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda says.