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Correction posted November 5, 2009
The original version misspelled former UN ambassador Madeleine Albright's name and mischaracterized Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell's position.
Correction posted November 4, 2009
The original version misrepresented the report's accusations against Hamas.
Correction posted November 3, 2009
The original version gave the wrong nationality for Dr. Kanayo Nwanze. He is Nigerian.
Correction posted October 29, 2009
The original version, when discussing energy usage, gave the wrong percentage.
Correction posted October 29, 2009
The original version of this essay misstated the nature of the international tribunal investigation.
Correction posted October 27, 2009
An earlier version incorrectly stated the time of Iraq's provincial elections.
The original version implied that in 1999 Brazil got an invitation to join the International Space Station when China didn't. Brazil was already on board, having joined the ISS effort in 1997.
Correction posted October 22, 2009
The original version of this essay mischaracterized how the caste system was affected by British rule.
Corrections posted October 21, 2009
The original version incorrectly identified Kevin Sabet.
The original version misstated the duration of the ACLU's case and wrongly stated that the US Supreme Court had agreed to hear it.
Corrections posted October 19, 2009
The original version misstated Mr. Pattison's first name.
Corrections posted October 8, 2009
The original version misidentified the name of University James Hodge works.
Corrections posted October 7, 2009
The original version misspelled Mr. Barker's last name.
Corrections posted October 6, 2009
The original version misidentified the state that Sen. Joe Wilson represents. It is South Carolina.
Corrections posted October 1, 2009
The original version misidentified the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
The original version misstated the reign of Kennedys in the Senate.
The original version misidentified Mizuho Fukushima.
Correction posted September 30, 2009
The province where Maj. Gen. Saad al-Harbia works was misidentified. The city where the crime-scene analysis class was held was misidentified.
Correction posted September 30, 2009
The original version misidentified the date of the earthquake. The day of the earthquake was Tuesday not Wednesday.
Correction posted September 29, 2009
The original version mischaracterized Derrion's death as a shooting.
Correction posted September 29, 2009
The original caption misidentified Ms. Prouse's employer.
Correction posted September 28, 2009
The original version misstated Mr. Gregory's name.
Correction posted September 17, 2009
The original misstated the wrong number of nautical miles.
Correction posted September 16, 2009
The subhead originally had the wrong number for Karzai's vote to be investigated. There were 1.1 million votes.
Correction posted September 16, 2009
The original misstated points about the removal of protective walls in Baghdad.
Correction posted September 11, 2009
The original version of this story contained a reference to an attacker who detonated a suicide bomb near a Saudi prince, and said the man graduated from Saudi Arabia�s terrorism rehabilitation program. He was not a graduate of the program.
Correction posted September 2, 2009
The original version misstated the name of the homelessness alliance.
Correction posted September 1, 2009
The original version gave an incorrect last name for Atlanta's current mayor.
Correction posted August 19, 2009
An earlier version misstated the title of Maj. John Badame. He is the executive officer of the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment.
Correction posted August 19, 2009
The original version misstated the number of crew members. Not an eight-man crew.
Correction posted August 12, 2009
An earlier version misstated the number of soldiers killed in a shooting in Arkansas.
Correction posted August 12, 2009
The original version misspelled George Tenet's name. Also said Mowatt-Larssen teaches at Harvard. He is a scholar there.
Correction posted August 11, 2009
The original version misstated the water flow rate. It is 500 cubic meters per second.
Correction posted August 7, 2009
The original version attributed a quote to the wrong person.
Correction posted August 7, 2009
An earlier version misstated the name of the journal Physical Review Letters.
Correction posted July 31, 2009
The summary to the original version overstated the number of veterans who have already been approved under the bill. Some 112,000 have had their eligibility for benefits approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Correction posted July 29, 2009
The original version misstated ballerina Nina Ananiashvili's nationality. She is Georgian.
Correction posted July 20, 2009
An earlier version incorrectly compared unmet Medicare obligations with US economic output.
Correction posted July 16, 2009
The original version misspelled the name of Thomas Donohue, the president of the US Chamber of Commerce.
Correction posted July 15, 2009
The original version failed to note that this poem is a tribute to one by Elizabeth Bishop
entitled "One Art," which can be read
here.
Correction posted July 15, 2009
Johnny Hallyday will reportedly earn $750,000 for the concert. That's not how much the damages to the lawn would cost.
Correction posted July 13, 2009
The original version we overestimated the number of Uighurs worldwide. The World Uyghur Congress estimates there are more than 20 million Uighurs. China's 2000 census reported 8 million in Xinjiang Province.
Correction posted July 13, 2009
The original version misidentified the home base of human rights activist Maryam Namazie.
Correction posted July 9, 2009
In Japan last year, the US did not agree to a specific base year from which to make a 50 percent reduction.
Correction posted July 8, 2009
The original version misidentified Kim Jong-il's father.
Correction posted July 8, 2009
The original version misstated the name of the Indiana University in Bloomington.
Correction posted July 1, 2009
The original version misstated the number of governors who have resigned since 1949.
Correction posted July 1, 2009
The original version's summary misidentified the types of census and education forms to be changed.
Correction posted June 29, 2009
The original version spelled "Mayange" incorrectly throughout the text.
Correction posted June 26, 2009
The original version gave the wrong year for Bishop Robertson's ordination. He was ordained in 2003.
Correction posted June 25, 2009
The original version reversed the proportion of lawmakers who attended to those who did not attend.
Correction posted June 24, 2009
The original version misspelled Denis Bauchard's last name.
Correction posted June 19, 2009
The original version misspelled Rajiva Wijesinha's name.
Correction posted June 19, 2009
The original version used the wrong terminology for lugs in the preceding section.
Correction posted June 16, 2009
The original version misidentified Laura Ling's sister.
Correction posted June 16, 2009
The original incorrectly referred to the country where a detainee was granted political asylum
Correction posted June 15, 2009
The original version did not identify Mr. Rosner's current title.
Correction posted June 15, 2009
The original version misspelled Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's surname.
Correction posted June 12, 2009
The original version misspelled former FBI agent Todd Letcher's surname.
Correction posted June 10, 2009
The original version misstated the timing of the Dalai Lama's visit to Europe. Also, it misstated the name of the International Campaign for Tibet.
Correction posted June 09, 2009
The original version misrepresented Obama's view on existing settlements.
Correction posted June 05, 2009
The original version failed to note that Sholom Rubashkin was released on bail in January.
Correction posted May 29, 2009
The original version misattributed a quote.
Correction posted May 28, 2009
The original story mischaracterized the Pentagon's previous policy on whether families could visit Dover to witness transfers.
Correction posted May 26, 2009
The original version of this story misidentified the emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah.
Corrections posted May 19, 2009
The original version attributed a survey to the wrong organization. It was conducted by Sallie Mae.
The original version wrongly called Ritalin and Adderall over-the-counter drugs. These stimulants are legally available only by prescription.
Correction posted May 13, 2009
The photo caption in the original version misstated the television program on which Cheney appeared.
Correction posted May 12, 2009
The original version misstated Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez's command in eastern Afghanistan.
Correction posted May 6, 2009
The original version misrepresented biker Tom McGrath's role in the "Freedom Ride" in Myrtle Beach.
Correction posted May 4, 2009
Editor's note: The original version misidentified the location of the Eighth US Circuit Court of Appeals. It is in St. Louis.
Correction posted May 1, 2009
The original version misspelled Santos Alonso's surname.
Correction posted April 30, 2009
The original version miscalculated the percentage of US veterans not charged with homicide.
Correction posted April 29, 2009
The original text stated a higher number of flu deaths in Mexico. Mexican officials have since lowered this number.
Correction posted April 27, 2009
The original version misidentified the group that organized the conference call.
Correction posted April 24, 2009
The original version gave the wrong date for Bank of America's fee change.
Correction posted April 23, 2009
The original version did not specify the nationality of the security forces that arrested Abu Omar al-Baghdadi.
Correction posted April 22, 2009
A quote by Lisa Schwarzbaum was incorrectly attributed to Robert Canfield.
Corrections posted April 21, 2009
The original version incorrectly stated that Tenderloin Health, a flagship health program, would close.
The original version mischaracterized the Hainan Island incident.
Corrections posted April 20, 2009
The original version of the headline incorrectly read "high school."
A new quote was added to
replace one attributed to an anonymous source, a practice which the Monitor
strives to avoid when possible.
Corrections posted April 19, 2009
The original version misstated the purpose of the march in Los Angeles on March 25, 2006.
Corrections posted April 15, 2009
The original version misstated the number of those accused of hijacking the MV Courier.
Corrections posted April 10, 2009
For them, 'volcano monitoring' is no punch line; it's an important part of keeping Alaska safe.
Corrections posted April 09, 2009
The original version misidentified Hector Morales. He is a a former Navy Seal Warfare Combatant Crew Member.
Corrections posted April 06, 2009
The original version included an Obama quote from a different forum, not his talk before parliament.
Corrections posted April 02, 2009
The original version misidentified Professor Xiao Qiang.
Corrections posted April 01, 2009
The original version misstated the week when Bangladesh brought charges against Arafat Rahman.
Corrections posted March 24, 2009
The original version contained an incorrect title for Paul Teske, dean of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado in Denver.
The original version was missing a verb.
The original version of this letter was shortened for the print edition.
Corrections posted March 20, 2009
We got the ratio wrong on the proportion of the French population in Paris.
Corrections posted March 17, 2009
The original version misidentified Jesse Schoem as an actor living in New York. He lives in New Jersey.
Corrections posted March 16, 2009
The original version misidentified Alex de Waal. He is not Sudanese.
Corrections posted March 16, 2009
The original version of this story incorrectly used the word 'entymological' instead of 'etymological'
Corrections posted March 13, 2009
The original version misspelled Sunil Iyengar's name.
Corrections posted March 11, 2009
The original version included an inaccurate percentage of US companies that make up the 2008 Fortune Global 500 report. Accidentally, the author's revision was not implemented.
The original version incorrectly identified mandolin players as commonly employing a fingerpicking style.
Corrections posted March 10, 2009
The original version misstated the roles of President Obama's Middle East team. George Mitchell is special envoy to the Middle East. Christopher Hill has been chosen to be the next ambassador to Iraq. Dennis Ross has been named an advisor on Iran.
An earlier version incorrectly gave a number for IPCC-related scientists.
The original version had a misspelling in the headline.
Correction posted March 08, 2009
The original version misstated the date on Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections as 2009. It is 2008.
Corrections posted March 2, 2009
In the original article, Spinners and eMusic were wrongly identified as free file-sharing sites.
The original version omitted the first paragraph.
Correction posted February 23, 2009
The original version of this article incorrectly listed the ticket price as 40 cents. It is 4 cents.
Correction posted February 19, 2009
The original version misidentified Nathanel Fick. He is a former Marine officer, not an Army officer.
Correction posted February 19, 2009
The original version misidentified Nathanel Fick. He is a former Marine officer, not an Army officer.
Correction posted February 13, 2009
The photo in the original version did not depict the International Criminal Court.
Correction posted February 11, 2009
The original version did not provide complete details on claims deadlines for Madoff cases.
Correction posted February 10, 2009
The original version misspelled Sen. Edmund Muskie's first name, and had the wrong date for Sen. Arlen Specter's 2004 win.
Correction posted February 9, 2009
The original version didn't specify clearly to whom the updated GI bill benefit could be transferred.
Correction posted February 6, 2009
The original version misidentified the bank that Mr. DeKaser is affiliated with.
Correction posted February 6, 2009
The original version did not make clear that the pay caps only applied to future help.
Correction posted February 6, 2009
The original version implied that the cuts were retroactive.
Correction posted January 28, 2009
The original subhead mischaracterized where the attacks took place. They took place at the LRA's base in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Correction posted January 27, 2009
Poet Robert Burns' birthplace was misidentified. He was born in Ayrshire.
The original included the name of a source that had requested anonymity.
The original headline mischaracterized cause and effect.
The original text said D.C. chancellor of public schools Michelle Rhee sees teachers, administrators, and in some cases parents as the main problem. But she never identified parents as part of the problem.
Corrections posted January 26, 2009
The original version contained an unclear statement regarding President Obama's position on federal fuel-economy standards. The story has been corrected to more accurately reflect his position.
The original version misstated the year of Mr. Carter's 100th birthday.
The original story didn't indicate the origin of Thomas Hegghammer's comments.
Correction posted January 25, 2009
The original version misstated the religious affiliation of theologian Karl Barth, a member of the Swiss Reformed Church.
Correction posted January 23, 2009
The original version misstated the location of the University of Antwerp.
Correction posted January 23, 2009
The original mischaracterized the online behavior that the JIDF targets.
Correction posted January 21, 2009
The original story suggested that mills in the US were also cutting production.
Corrections posted January 12, 2009
The original version misspelled Leni Schwendinger's last name.
The original version misstated comments by Hamas official Musa Abu Marzook regarding the Palestinian Fatah Party.
Correction posted January 11, 2009
Lt. Col. Malalai Kakar was the highest-profile female police officer in Afghanistan, not the highest-ranking.
Correction posted January 9, 2009
The original story misstated the origin of the word "Navajo."
Correction posted January 8, 2009
The original version misspelled the name of Karim Batir with the International Institute of Strategic Relations in Paris.
Correction posted January 7, 2009
Mirek Topolanek is not a member of the Social Democratic Party. He's a member of the ODS.
Correction posted January 6, 2009
The original paragraph misstated the area covered by the spill.
Correction posted January 5, 2009
The original version mischaracterized the trade relationship between the United Arab Emirates and Iran.
Correction posted January 5, 2009
The original answer misstated the FDIC's policy on accrued interest.
Correction posted January 5, 2009
The captions for the vertical and horizontal captions were inadvertently reversed in the original version.
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