BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH

HR-TRANSCRIPT-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4956HINA Zagreb, 17 May 2003ICTY OFFICIAL: DEL PONTE'S WORDS MISINTERPRETEDZAGREB, May 17 (Hina) - The head of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Prosecution's Liaison Office in Croatia, Thomas Osorio, informed Croatian state officials on Saturday that ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte's statement that the Croatian government knew the whereabouts of General Ante Gotovina as reported yesterday by the Croatian media, which quoted Voice of America, was not true and did not correspond with what she said. Osorio said the prosecutor's words were misinterpreted by Voice of America and added that not a single reporter except for the one of Voice of America cited the prosecutor that way, the government said in a statement.VOICE OF AMERICA SAYS IT CONVEYED UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT FAITHFULLYZAGREB, May 17 (Hina) - Voice of America on Saturday commented on a denial by the head o