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Corrections and clarifications

A reader wondered whether a detail was right in "Major concessions by Mittal clinched the deal" (June 27, 2006, page 1). The sentence was: "The Mittal family will have a 49 per cent stake in the new set-up and will not be in a majority position on the board." The reader said it should have been 43.5 or 45 per cent, quoting TV channel reports. Vaiju Naravane clarifies: "The shareholding break-up is as follows: The new group would be 50.6 per cent owned by Arcelor shareholders and 49.4 per cent by those of Mittal. Of the Mittal shares, 43 per cent would be controlled by the Mittal family. The total figure to be controlled by Mittal is 49.4. Of this, family share will be 43 per cent." The report for The Hindu had to be cleared barely 45 minutes after the press conference ended, when exact details of the deal were not fully clear. The TV channels could update their reports, while the newspaper had to wait for the next day. The details were included in the June 28 issue.

In "India, Pakistan begin talks on Wullar barrage" (June 23, 2006), it was stated that "the 11th round of talks on a proposed Indian construction on the Wullar lake in Jammu and Kashmir began here [Islamabad] on Thursday ... ." The same correspondent in "Tulbul Wullar talks end without progress" (June 24, 2006) said this brought to an end the third round of the India-Pakistan composite dialogue process. Is it the third round of talks or eleventh round of talks, a reader asks. Nirupama Subramanian clarifies: "The last round of Wullar talks were the 11th since the disagreement began in the mid 1980s, but the third since the beginning of the composite dialogue process in 2004."

In "Bookies expect a bonanza" ("Newscape", June 28, 2006), an AFP London report, a few readers have pointed out that in the penultimate paragraph, it has been mentioned that Brazil had beaten England in the 2002 World Cup semi-final whereas England had lost in the quarterfinal. They are right. Brazil beat England 2-1 in the quarterfinal.

A few readers have pointed out an error in the AP report on the Canadian Grand Prix "It's getting better and better for Alonso" ("Sport", June 27, 2006). Jenson Butto finished ninth, which is correct (The report said eight). Also, Jaques Villeneuve had retired (after an accident) and did not, as wrongly mentioned, finish 16th.

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