German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder indirectly criticized Syrian President Bashar Assad for previous anti-Semitic remarks. German newspapers and Jewish demonstrators are protesting the visit of the Syrian leader, who refused to answer a question at the news conference after learning that the journalist was Israeli.
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