Spurned by European public opinion and officially disavowed by China, the Republic of Formosa enjoyed only one week of uninterrupted existence.

The white Government entered into secret talks with the imprisoned Nelson Mandela in July 1986, and Mr. Mandela has since been freed and apartheid officially disavowed.

I am officially disavowing any suspicion of illicit activities, I might add.

The PFLP officially disavowed the tactic of airline hijackings several years later, although several of its members and subgroups continued to hijack aircraft and commit other violent operations.

The administrators officially disavowed what they called "kooky tsunami conspiracy theories".

Syria's government policy officially disavows sectarianism of any kind; however, religion can be a factor in determining career opportunities.

Her father's sister, Michele Darabont, was not officially a Purist-the radical sect of vampire killers the hunters officially disavowed.

But the Justice Department has never officially disavowed him or the possibility of a wider plot, and the indictment names as yet unidentified co-conspirators.

This group officially disavowed any involvement in local politics, although it was scrutinised closely by the FBI during the Second World War.

In this capacity he represented Portugal at the 1934 Montreux Fascist conference despite Salazar officially disavowing fascism.