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Peter Harrold says sorry
World Bank Country Director Peter Harrold said on Friday he was "sorry" if his interview in The Sunday Times last week had caused "any misunderstanding" as he tried to deflect mounting criticism over remarks made by him regarding the Bank's policy on recognizing the LTTE.

He admitted in a second statement during the week that he may not have spoken "very clearly" during his interview. He said any "reasonable person could have misunderstood" him.

This second statement followed an earlier statement (on Monday) where he said The Sunday Times had "misquoted" him. He said he had seen to it that audio excerpts of the interview were posted on the World Bank website.

This seven-minute audio, The Sunday Times found, tallied with its own tape recording and proved wrong the claims made by Mr. Harrold that he used the words "official statement" and not "an unofficial state."

The second statement came after Mr. Harrold's request to come to terms with The Sunday Times" to prevent the publication of the transcript of the interview was turned down.

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