[Mb-civic] London Mayor Assails Israeli Leader

Sat Mar 5 17:03:14 PST 2005

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London Mayor Assails Israeli Leader 
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Denying bias, he calls Sharon a war criminal. Weeks before, he laid into a Jewish reporter.

By John Daniszewski and Janet Stobart
Times Staff Writers

March 5 2005

LONDON &#8212; Mayor Ken Livingstone sparked anger from Israel on Friday for labeling Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon a war criminal less than a month after comparing a Jewish reporter for a British newspaper to a concentration camp guard. 

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