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Financial Times Weekend Mistakes Bahrain's Foreign Minister For Khaled Sheikh Mohammed

This illustrative picture taken in London, England on December 11, 2012 shows copies of the Financial Times newspaper. British publisher Pearson said on December 11, 2012 that its flagship business newspaper The Financial Times was not for sale, in response to recent media speculation. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)
This illustrative picture taken in London, England on December 11, 2012 shows copies of the Financial Times newspaper. British publisher Pearson said on December 11, 2012 that its flagship business newspaper The Financial Times was not for sale, in response to recent media speculation. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)

Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al Khalifa, the foreign minister of Bahrain, and Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of Al Qaeda's 9/11 attacks, are two very different people.

Unfortunately, the weekend edition of the Financial Times had to clarify that after the newspaper mistakenly identified a photo of Bahrain's foreign minister as the terrorist.

"We apologise unreservedly to His Excellency Sheikh Khalid for the error and any distress caused," a correction notice posted online Sunday read. "We wish to make it clear that His Excellency Sheikh Khalid has no connection whatsoever with the article."

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This is a fantastic correction from the Financial Times: pic.twitter.com/Adqju7wcZF
(via @rachshabi)

— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) December 23, 2013

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