His spokesman blamed the lengthy approval process, but the other partners say they are still committed.

Now the pope's spokesman is blaming them for the sexual abuse scandal.

A spokesman blamed the omission on a clerical mistake by company lawyers.

When the police shot the Palestinians last week, Israeli spokesmen blamed the victims.

A spokesman instead blamed "changing fashions and tough market conditions".

A Chinese spokesman blamed the failure of this round of talks on the Americans.

A spokesman for the human rights commission blamed rightist death squads linked to the military.

In a statement, her spokesman blamed paparazzi harassment for the incident.

The military spokesman blamed "miscreants," a term often used for militants in the tribal areas.

But now spokesmen for both countries have blamed Libya for the disaster.