World News 24-08-2001 I Didn`t Kill Intern, Says Congressman who: Congressman Gary Condit what: Denies killing missing intern where: Washington DC when: Last night snippet: "Congressman Gary Condit began a campaign to save his political career yesterday," says The Telegraph, "denying any involvement in the disappearance of Chandra Levy, the missing Washington intern." In an interview with ABC`s Connie Chung, which aired last night, he said that his family had asked him not to divulge details of his relationship with Ms Levy, who disappeared in late April, but when asked outright he denied killing her and said that they were "close" friends who "never had a cross word". Earlier yesterday, he sent a letter to his 200,000 constituents in Central Valley, California, reports The Independent. "Some suggest that not talking with the media could mean I had something to do with Chandra`s disappearance. I did not," he wrote. "I pray that she has not met the same fate as the other young women who have disappeared from the same neighborhood." "Although the police have said that Mr Condit is not a suspect, local newspapers called for his resignation last week," says The Times, "and polls have shown that he has lost the support of about two thirds of those who voted for him." [... more]

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