CORRECTED (OFFICIAL)-Interfax withdraws report saying Uzbek President Karimov dead
(Interfax withdraws report on Karimov death)
MOSCOW, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Interfax news agency withdrew a report on Friday saying that Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov had died. It said the original report, which cited an official government statement, had been put out due to a "technical error." (Reporting by Alexander Winning; Editing by Lidia Kelly and Dominic Evans)
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