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Malaysia Education Minister - Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein apologised in a press conference for waving the keris (traditional Malay dagger) during his speech at the Umno Youth annual general assembly for 3 consecutive years.This act of Hishammuddin's, who is also the chairman for UMNO Youth wing, is cited as one of the major factors for causing Barisan Nasional to perform poorly during the just concluded 12th general election on 8th March.His action has created great uneasiness and resentment among the non Malays and some Malays.Although he offered his apology out of political considerations,Hishammuddin was obviously not convinced that he had done any thing wrong.He insisted that the keris is part of Malay culture and expressed his doubts why should anyone be offended by it.He used the

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed apologised Sunday for the "very sad way" the World Cup Final finished amidst farcical scenes in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday.Players and spectators at the Kensington Oval, not to mention millions of television viewere, were left baffled by the climax to Saturday's match which saw Australia celebrate victory twice and forced Sri Lanka to bat in pitch-black darkness on a ground without floodlights.A team of officials, including on-field umpire Steve Bucknor, standing in a record fifth World Cup final, managed to overlook a standard playing condition.This states that once 20 overs have been bowled in both innings enough cricket has been played to have a result declared under the Duckworth/Lewis system for rain-affected gam

The 53-year-old actress, Kathleen Turner issued an apology yesterday in the High Court to the actor Nicholas Cage. In Miss Turner’s memoirs ‘Send Yourself Roses’, she described working with Mr Cage in 1986, when they were on the set of the film ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’.  She claimed her fellow actor was “arrested twice for drink-driving [...]

The Los Angeles Times has apologised for a recent report about the shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur.The Smoking Gun website was the first to break the story that con man and document forger James Sabatino did not have any dealing with Shakur, Marion "Suge Night" or Busta Rhymes.Not investigating your source's veracity beforehand is a key mistake.

Mr Bo Davis has publicly apologised to Mr Lee Shee Lam saying it was “disrespectful and insensitive” to make fun of an old man but Mr Bo Davis who was accused of being a bully, claimed they did pay the full fare of S$10, contrary to trishaw rider’s Mr Lee’s claim. AsiaOne reported the news as below: Brit tourist who mocked S'pore trishaw man apologises on Net We are sorry for what we did. So says one of the British tourists caught in the middle of an Internet controversy involving an elderly Singaporean trishaw rider. The three visitors were slammed on the Internet for mocking the 67-year-old rider during a trip here. They were also accused of not paying their fare after the ride. One of them, Mr Bo Davis, has written a public apology for his. But he also said, contrary to trishaw rider Lee Shee Lam's claim, they did pay the full fare of $10. A video posted by Mr Davis, 26, caused a furore on the Internet. The video showed the trio squeezed on board Mr Lee's trishaw

Malaysia has apologised to Indonesia and suspended four policemen after hundreds of outraged Indonesians staged protests in Jakarta over the alleged beating of an Indonesian sports official.The Malaysian moves come as Jusuf Kalla, Indonesia's vice-president, was due to arrive in Malaysia on Thursday for the country's independence celebrations. Donald Luther Kolopita, who was in Malaysia to referee the Asian Karate Championships in Nilai, about 30km south of the capital, Kuala Lumpur, was allegedly physically assaulted by four policemen and taken to a police station.Earlier: 4 Malaysian police suspended over beating of Indon...Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com

The Independent 21 August २००७Referee Rob Styles has apologised for denying Liverpool a valuable victory over Chelsea and been placed on temporary gardening leave for his mishandling of Sunday's fractious affair at Anfield। The Professional Game Match Officials Limited, the body responsible for the country's leading referees, reacted to a weekend of controversy yesterday when it announced that Styles and Ian Gosling had been punished for their performances at Anfield and Craven Cottage respectively.Styles fell victim to the PGMOL's strict self-regulation policy for the penalty award that enabled Frank Lampard to equalise Fernando Torres' opener for Liverpool on Sunday. The referee penalised Steve Finnan for a foul on Florent Malouda when the French international had clearly leapt into the Republic of Ireland defender but, refreshingly, he last night admitted his mistake and offered a public apology to the Anfield club. It is believed he also offered a personal apology to

PETALING JAYA: Student Wee Meng Chee, 24, who caused a furore here with his Negaraku rap video clip on YouTube, has apologised for the parody and will remove the video clip from his blog. “It has taught me a lesson about the spirit of nationalism and race relations. As a Malaysian, I did not intend to shame the country or ridicule any religion. “To end the controversy, I will remove the video clip from my blog and I hope other bloggers will stop distributing the video clip,” said the mass communications student at Ming Chuan University in Taiwan. Meng Chee said he also did not have any intention of creating anti-government sentiments or fan racism by writing the song as he was loyal to the King and the country where he was raised, gained knowledge and given the freedom to develop his talent. He said he wanted to return and contribute to the country. “I am proud to be a Malaysian and my loyalty to my country has not wavered even though I’m now studying in Taiwan,” h

London, Aug 1 (IANS) England captain Michael Vaughan has apologised to star Indian bowler Zaheer Khan for the ‘jelly bean’ incident that caused an unpleasant stand-off between Khan and Kevin Pietersen on the field Sunday evening. (more…)

School of BOFH UK security software developer Sophos has apologised for drafting in its lawyers after a member of a forum for IT technicians in schools posted a foul-mouth rant criticising recent changes in its anti-virus technology.… Read more…

Source - BallerstatusSenegalese Hip-Hop Star Akon Has Apologised For His Antics With An Underage Girl.The video has been circulating the internet for weeks now, I even posted it myself, but now Akon has turned out to have his say on the incident that has threatened to scare his career. In a statement given to TMZ.com Akon said:"First, and most important to me, I want to sincerely apologise for the embarrassment and any pain I've caused to the young woman who joined me on-stage, her family and the Trinidad community for the events at my concert in Port of Spain on April 12th"He continued:"It was never my intention to embarrass or take advantage of my fans in any way, especially those under the age of 18. That is why we tried to make sure that the club did not admit anyone under 18 in the audience. Somehow, that standard was not met"To be honest, I completely agree with Akon in this instance, he is a grown man & his show is obviously quite 'adult'. I'm sure he did not know that

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday apologised over her remarks that people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were migrating to the national capital and making life difficult. “I sincerely regret if I have hurt the sentiments of any section of the people. Delhi is home to people from every part of the country,” a visible subdued Dikshit said, hours after she was pulled up by senior Congress leaders for the remarks. “They all, especially people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, contribute to the growth of Delhi,” she said, reading out a statement to reporters at the Delhi secretariat. On Wednesday, while expressing concern over the rising population in the capital due to migration from neighbouring states, Dikshit had said: “People from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh come to Delhi and settle down here. We have no rules and regulation to stop them.” “Delhi is considered to be the best metropolitan city in the country… Pe

A row has erupted between The Beckham’s and fashion design company Ralph Lauren .The incident followed the christening of ex spice girl Geri Halliwell’s daughter bluebell ,where the two oldest Beckham boys wore Ralph Lauren jackets and were used for publicity purposes without the Beckham’s permission. Reports claim the Beckham’s have received an apology from the company. Related on In Entertainment:DC’s Metal Men to be movieBoss of GMTV apologises on airJordan and Posh at it againBeckham’s can’t find suitable mansionBeckham’s wish to adoptAlso See: Bass Guitars on the journey to the widest range anywhere online

The US Senate has apologised for spending decades blocking efforts to make lynchings and mob violence against black Americans a federal crime. Nearly 5,000 Americans - mostly black males - are documented as having been lynched between 1880 and 1960.