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Italian P.M.: China comment no big deal(UPI Top Stories Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)The Italian prime minister said derogatory comments about Chinese people were blown out of proportion by the left-wing media and there is no diplomatic row. Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday his remarks that Chinese Communists used to spread dead babies as fertilizer were an overplayed, yet poorly timed comment. ANSA reports the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling Berlusconi's comments groundless and words that could hurt Italian-Chinese relations. Opposition leader Romano Prodi said Berlusconi was incapable of understanding the world today. |