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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8155

21 February 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/czech republic
Milos Zeman says his comments about Arafat were misquoted

Prague, 20/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - Roundly criticised by the EU, Palestinians and Czechs for the comments he is reported to have made comparing the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat to Adolf Hitler (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.5), the Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman said on Tuesday that he had been misquoted, and his remarks had been altered by the Israeli paper Ha'aretz. I would like to stress, said Mr Zeman, that I have never compared Arafat with Hitler. I would like to...

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