1.   That statement contradicts testimony at his criminal trial.

2.   The witness statements contradict each other and the facts remain unclear.

3.   His statement contradicted a government panel recommendation that the country sell a large part of its reserves.

4.   His statement contradicted the long-held position of the Air Transport Association, the airline industry lobby, whose current chairman is none other than Carty himself.

5.   His statement directly contradicted those of clinic personnel, who insisted Wednesday that A-Z was remaining open despite reports to the contrary.

6.   However, these statements contradicted some that he allegedly made in June to a priest who is the former mayor of the town of Barranquilla.

7.   That statement contradicted a previous assertion by his assistant secretary of state for Africa, Susan Rice.

8.   The Jewish community has decried Farrakhan as an anti-Semite whose past statements contradict his current conciliatory tone.

9.   The statement contradicted officials in Washington who said that Serbian government officials told them on Friday that Milosevic was being arrested.