The OSCE international security body has urged governments to "stop manipulating the media", saying propaganda and censorship are bedevilling coverage of the Ukraine crisis.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has monitors on the ground in eastern Ukraine, where frequent skirmishes have shattered a ceasefire agreed by the Kiev government and pro-Russian rebels in February.
"Hands off the media," the OSCE's Dunja Mijatovic said in a BBC interview. She is the organisation's representative on media freedom.
She was speaking ahead of an OSCE conference in Vienna on the safety of journalists and threats to the media.
The 2014 anti-government protests in Kiev, the crisis in Crimea and ongoing armed conflict in eastern Ukraine "paved the way for a major media freedom and journalists' safety crisis," she said, and not just in Ukraine and neighbouring countries.
"We have reports of more than 300 journalists being attacked in the past year, 10 journalists killed, seven in eastern Ukraine, and there are cases of journalists being kidnapped and detained."
Ms Mijatovic said dozens of journalists are being denied free access to cover events and many media outlets are engaged in propaganda espousing war and hatred.
"Propaganda is an ugly scar on journalism," she said. "It is very present."
The OSCE has 57 participating states, stretching from Vancouver in Canada to Vladivostok in Russia's far east.
Ms Mijatovic tends to be much more outspoken than many of her OSCE colleagues.
"We are very vocal in telling the governments not to use journalists as a tool for manipulations for their political agendas," she said.
She told the BBC that it was sometimes important to "name and shame" governments who put journalists' safety and media freedom at risk.
She said the list of offenders was long, but she singled out Russia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine as areas of particular concern.
The conference brings together 300 journalists, diplomats and policymakers from across the OSCE region.


Two British men who went to Syria to join rebel fighters have pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.

Nahin Ahmed and Yusuf Sarwar, both 22 and from Birmingham, admitted preparing to carry out terrorist acts.
They spent eight months in Syria and were arrested by West Midlands Police's counter-terrorism unit at Heathrow Airport on their return in January.
They had travelled to Syria to take part in its civil war after contacting Islamic extremists.
Police believe Ahmed and Sarwar fought with the al-Nusra Front, which is a jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda.
Their trial had been due to start but, at Woolwich Crown Court in London, they each admitted one count of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorism acts, contrary to section five of the Terrorism Act.
A date for sentencing is expected to be confirmed in a few weeks.
West Midlands Police said they were alerted to the case after Sarwar's parents contacted them in May 2013.
They had found a six-page letter in which their son, who was a computer science undergraduate at Birmingham City University, admitted he had gone "to do jihad" in Syria.
He also left instructions to cancel his mobile phone contract and money to settle outstanding debts.
Prosecutor Brian Altman QC told the court: "Sarwar was not expecting to return to his family and that is because he hoped to die as a martyr."
Police said Ahmed, an unemployed former postal worker, had "considered going to Yemen and had sought advice from a fighter in Syria and from extremists in Denmark and Sweden".
A man living in Denmark, calling himself Abu Usama al-Mujahid, had told him: "You can be a mujahid [fighter] wherever in the world you are. Look at 7/7 from your country."
The men bought one-way tickets to Turkey then crossed the border to Syria - and when they got back officers were "waiting to arrest them", police said.
Police added: "Traces of military grade explosives were found on their clothing and pictures on their camera showed them brandishing weapons.
"Detectives used satellite imaging to establish from the photographs that the men had been in and around Aleppo - one of the main conflict zones."
Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale said the men had gone to "considerable lengths" to hide their plans from their families, and urged people to tell the police if they suspected a family member was planning to travel to Syria.
"It's not easy to know everything that a family member is doing all of the time, but we encourage parents to hold a healthy interest and curiosity into who their children mix with and who seems to hold a strong influence over them," he said.
He also said officers would try to protect those who were "vulnerable to radicalisers", to prevent them getting involved in crime.


It is quite possible diners used to Dublin's city centre restaurants have been waiting for Friday, in the hope of paying a little less.

From the first day of July the VAT rate in restaurants, hotels and other tourist venues in the Republic of Ireland will drop to nine per cent.
Paul Cadden of the Restaurants Association of Ireland said it would be a big help to a struggling industry.
It will not mean more money for the restaurant owners, but will mean slightly lower prices, and ought to encourage more paying customers in through the door.
Meanwhile Bob McCoubrey is greeting his lunchtime diners at his restaurant on Belfast.
The VAT rate in the UK is 20%,  and restaurant owners like him in Northern Ireland are looking jealously southwards.
"It gives them a huge advantage," Mr McCoubrey said.
"We need a similar reduction not just to help restaurant owners, but also our struggling tourist industry."
The Northern Ireland Hotels Federation is worried too.
It points out that comparable VAT rates in France and Spain are at just 5% and 8% respectively, meaning businesses in Northern Ireland cannot compete.
Now their nearest competitors - hotels in the Irish Republic - are charging only 9%, the situation seems even worse.
The UK Treasury is understood to be looking at VAT rates.


Four men from Rochdale have lost appeals against their sentences for sex offences against a 15-year-old girl.

Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas dismissed applications to reduce the jail terms of Freddy Kendakumana, Roheez Khan and Chola Chansa.
Abdul Huk had his appeal against both conviction and a four-year sentence for sexual activity with a child dismissed.
The girl, who had been in care, was given vodka and drugs in exchange for sex.
Kendakumana, 27, Chansa, 33, Khan, 27, and Huk, 37 were jailed in December last year at Manchester Crown Court.
A fifth man, Mohammed Rafiq Abubaker, was also found guilty of sexual activity with a child and did not lodge an appeal against his two-and-a-half-year sentence.
The offences took place in 2008 and 2009.
The four men appealed against their sentences, ranging from between four and eight-and-a-half years, on the grounds they were overly harsh.
But Lord Thomas, at the Court of Appeal sitting at Manchester Crown Court, said the judge during the trial had given them the correct sentences.
He told them: "It is a serious aggravating factor that she was exploited as a vulnerable person.
"And the judge was right to make clear that the courts must take every step open to them to protect vulnerable young girls from exploitation of this kind in whatever part of the country they live."
In a separate trial, nine men who ran a child sexual exploitation ring in the Heywood area of Rochdale were  jailed in 2012.
On the same day the five men were jailed, a report was published highlighting a "shocking" inability to protect seven vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation in the town.


Egyptians have taken to social media to poke fun at President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi after he said he would sell himself to help the country's economy.

"If it were possible for me to be sold, I would sell myself,'' he said in a speech on state television.
A joke page on Ebay "selling" Mr Sisi was created and bids passed $100,000 (Â£72,000) within hours. The page was later removed.
Mr Sisi also asked Egyptians to make donations to the country by text.
The remarks were made as he unveiled an economic development plan for 2030.
Egypt's economic problems include a sharp decline in foreign investment and tourism revenues amidst years of social unrest.
The country also pays large amounts to cover fuel subsidies and servicing its domestic debt, and has suffered from high inflation and unemployment.
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Within minutes of Mr Sisi's comments, a listing for the sale of "a used field marshal" with a photograph attached on the president appeared on Ebay.
He was also mocked for asking Egyptians to each donate "10 pounds ($1.2; Â£0.9) to Egypt by mobile text" to help lower the country's enormous financial burden.
Many users took to Twitter to criticise and make fun of his comments, and the hashtag #Ebay was a trending topic in the country.
Mr Sisi vowed to continue building the country "until my life or term [in office] ends" and urged Egyptians to listen only to him if they "truly love" Egypt.
"Do not listen to anyone else but me," he urged.


Livestock-worrying in Scotland has hit a seven-year high following a sharp rise in the number of reported cases, according to a farming lobby group.

NFU Scotland said there were 179 cases of worrying, where animals were injured or killed, in 2016.
There were 46 fewer incidents in the previous year.
It has urged the public to keep dogs on leads when in the countryside, as farmers and crofters enter a busy time of year for lambing and calving,
NFU Scotland obtained the latest figures from Police Scotland following a Freedom of Information request.
The Highlands and Islands and Lothians and Borders areas saw the highest number of livestock-worrying incidents - 36 and 27 respectively - with Aberdeenshire and Moray in third with 22.
NFU Scotland vice president Gary Mitchell said: "The worrying of livestock can have devastating consequences for a farmer and, their stock and as these statistics suggest, it is becoming an increasing problem for Scotland's farmers and crofters.
"Sheep are particularly at risk during the spring lambing period and we need dog owners to take action to prevent livestock-worrying.
"Otherwise, if their dog is found worrying livestock they could face prosecution, as we have seen with some cases that have gone to court recently.
"The farmer is also within their legal right to shoot a dog if it is found to be worrying livestock - not a decision that is taken lightly."
He added: "We are appealing to dog walkers to avoid fields where very young livestock, or heavily-pregnant ewes are present, and if there is no alternative route, owners should keep their dogs on a lead and under close control or at heel.
"We also ask farmers and crofters to report instances to Police Scotland after they have occurred, taking photographic evidence where possible."


The neighbour of a British woman accused of plotting to murder her husband in India says he believes she is innocent.

Ramandeep Kaur Mann, of Derby, was arrested after her husband Sukhjit Singh was found with his throat slit on 2 September in Banda, Uttar Pradesh.
Their neighbour Nick Rai believes Mr Singh, 34, was murdered as a result of a dispute over land he owned in India.
Ms Kaur Mann has been arrested but has not yet been charged.
"They were a devoted couple, no doubt about it. They were devoted to their children, their home, their work and their local Sikh temple where he spent a lot of time and gave a lot of his time," said Mr Raj of Littleover, Derby.
In a news conference in India, a police spokesman said Mr Singh's throat was cut and he was hit on the head with a heavy instrument.
Police said Ms Kaur Mann had colluded with her alleged lover Gurpeet Singh, her husband's childhood friend, in the murder.
But Mr Rai said: "I believe that Sukhjit was killed over a dispute over land that he owned in India. It is my belief that his wife and his friend were not involved.
"I believe the real reason behind the murderâ€¦ is that Sukhjit owned land in India and someone wanted to take that land from him."
He added that Mr Singh's mother had warned her son not to return to the ancestral property because he would be in danger.
The Foreign Office said it was providing assistance to a British national who had been detained and to the family of Mr Singh.
Prayers will be said at the Sri Guru Singh Sabha temple in Derby over several days.


Renault's 19-year-old reserve driver Esteban Ocon has replaced Rio Haryanto at Manor and will make his Grand Prix race debut in Belgium on 28 August.

Indonesian Haryanto, 23, signed at the start of the season but has failed to secure financial backing and has now been offered the reserve role.
Frenchman Ocon will race alongside German Pascal Wehrlein for the remaining nine rounds of the F1 season.
"I'm ready for this exciting step up," said Ocon.
Wehrlein earned the British-based F1 team their first point at the Austrian GP in July, and they are currently 10th in the constructors' standings.
Racing director Dave Ryan said: "We're confident that when Esteban makes his Grand Prix debut in Spa, we will have a very potent line-up with which to take the fight to our immediate competitors for the rest of the season."
Haryanto, who had been backed by Indonesia's state-owned oil company Pertamina, become the first driver from the country to race in F1.
Pertamina and the Indonesian government had managed to secure enough for him to race in the first half of the season, but were struggling to raise more money.
"Unfortunately we reached a point where, in the best interests of the team, we were forced to explore other options for the remainder of the season," Ryan explained.


EU states could take more genuine refugees from Syria if they worked together better, the new head of the UN refugee agency has told the BBC.

Italian diplomat Filippo Grandi, who took over the post from Portugal's Antonio Guterres this year, was speaking on a visit to Lebanon.
Mr Grandi also urged the EU to do more for Syrian refugees outside Europe.
EU leaders have warned of a crisis after more than a million migrants entered illegally last year.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the BBC this week: "If Europe can't protect its own borders, it's the very idea of Europe that could be thrown into doubt."
On Friday, his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, warned: "When spring comes and the numbers quadruple, we cannot as the EU cope with the numbers any longer."
The new UN High Commissioner for Refugees has been meeting refugees in camps in Lebanon and Jordan.
Speaking to the BBC's Quentin Somerville, Mr Grandi said: "Europe can absorb more genuine refugees if it would be better organised among the different member-states.
"However, we understand the predicament. It is a social and political predicament which is very serious."
The EU is drawing up plans to share the "burden" of refugees more evenly among member states, scrapping a controversial rule that means they must claim asylum in the first country they arrive in.
Hungary, one of the most vocal critics of migration policy, has dismissed the crisis as a "German problem" since Germany is where those arriving in the EU "would like to go".
Mr Grandi also urged the EU to "do more for the countries of first asylum" so there would be "less motivation for people to flee further away".
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The forgotten story of the Fitzwilliam Museum founder's love for a Paris dancer has been revealed 200 years after the aristocrat's death.

When Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam left his art collection, books and manuscripts to Cambridge University in 1816, it became the nucleus of the "finest small museum in Europe".
Yet, while his name lives on through the museum he founded, the story of his six-year-long affair with a teenage Paris Opéra dancer was entirely forgotten until the late 1980s.
It came to light when a cache of 299 letters from the dancer to her lover were uncovered in the Pembroke family archives at Wilton House in Wiltshire.
She used the stage name Zacharie - a name which more than one Fitzwilliam Museum curator had spotted inscribed in a book in the collection.
The Fitzwilliam's keeper of antiquities, Lucilla Burn, said: "But until the letters appeared which detailed the course of the affair over six years, we didn't know who this Zacharie was."
The story of the affair is published for the first time in The Fitzwilliam: A History, written by Dr Burn to mark the museum's bicentenary year.
Richard Fitzwilliam, who was born in 1745, inherited estates in Ireland from his father, the sixth viscount, and wealth and a love of the arts from his mother, Catherine Decker.
After he graduated from Cambridge University his musical interests drew him to France, where he studied the harpsichord in Paris - "the cultural Mecca of the civilised world".
Dr Burn said: "Besides the Opéra, the theatre and the great collections of paintings and sculpture... there was also a lively and sophisticated social scene."
Zacharie - who was born Marie Anne Bernard - was a 15-year-old dancer when she met the Irish peer in 1784.
She had an older cousin, Marie-Madeleine Guimard, a star ballerina whose salon attracted visiting British aristocrats.
Dr Burn said: "She obviously matured and the depth of their affection over the course of their relationship is movingly traced - but only from one side, as we have none of the letters from him to her."
The letters revealed the couple had three children - a daughter who died as an infant and two sons called Fitz and Bily.
Zacharie described Fitz cutting his teeth, learning to climb up stairs and talking about "milord Papa".
In summer 1790, she described how the boys "run about and eat all day long; and at night they sleep like little dormice".
She shares news of friends, visitors, parties and concert and opera performances.
Fitzwilliam, who was 39 when the relationship began, sent "a regular and ample supply of money".
But he continued the life of a peripatetic aristocrat, moving between his estates in Ireland, his house in Richmond and his family in Paris.
Dr Burn said Zacharie "regularly reproached him for not visiting more often... putting off his journey and for staying so short a time".
The French Revolution began in 1789 and the young dancer appears to have had more sympathy for its aims than her aristocratic lover, who remained a staunch royalist.
Zacharie's last letter was dated December 1790, as the revolution was becoming more violent, and after that she disappears.
She was in poor health for much of that year so may have died, according to Dr Burn, or may have joined other French exiles in Richmond.
Their younger son Bily has also proved impossible to trace, so probably predeceased his father.
Dr Burn said: "Happily for Fitz at least, he was living in Richmond with his wife and family at the time of Fitzwilliam's death in 1816 and they were provided for by his will."
What is known is that the viscount appears to have treasured Zacharie's letters because he still had them at his death.
They passed into the archives of his cousin the Earl of Pembroke, who inherited the bulk of his estate - and the relationship faded from memory.


Charlie Gard's parents reacted angrily in court when medical information was revealed about their son which they had not previously been told about.

The High Court was told a scan of the baby's brain made for "sad reading". His mother responded: "We have not even read it" and her husband walked out.
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) wants to remove Charlie's life support.
Earlier, the judge urged protestors supporting the family not to target the hospital.
The 11-month-old suffers from a rare genetic disorder and underwent a brain scan at the weekend to help settle a medical dispute about whether his treatment should be continued or whether he should be allowed to die with dignity.
On hearing the hospital lawyer's assessment of the scan, Charlie's mother Connie Yates broke down in tears and his father Chris Gard shouted "evil" at the lawyer before walking out of court earlier.
Charlie's parents are fighting for the right to remove their child from GOSH's care. They want instead to take him to the US for experimental treatment, which a neurologist from New York said might give him a 10% chance of improving his health.
The case has attracted a lot of attention around the world and campaigners who want the judge to "let Charlie live" have lined the High Court entrance for the hearings.
Previously, the judge has condemned people who had abused and threatened GOSH medics on social media as a result of Charlie's case.
Mr Justice Francis, who is presiding, warned earlier there were "lots and lots" of other sick children being treated by the hospital whose families might not want to be confronted by campaigners.
GOSH has confirmed it received complaints from family members of other children being treated at the hospital, but would not provide further details.
Mr Justice Francis will analyse the latest expert evidence at a High Court hearing on Monday and Tuesday.
At a preliminary hearing on Friday, he said he would need to know whether there was "new material" which could make a "difference".
Lawyers representing GOSH said they had "yet to see" any new evidence.
A US doctor who has offered to treat Charlie has attended a meeting with his GOSH care team to decide whether he should travel to America for therapy.
Dr Michio Hirano met doctors earlier this week to examine Charlie and discuss his condition.


A student accused of raping an undergraduate claims their relationship was "on the verge of becoming more intimate", a court has heard.

Durham University's Alistair Cooke is accused of following the alleged victim home from a party in June 2015.
Mr Cooke, 22, a third-year geography student, from Perranarworthal, Truro, Cornwall, denies three counts of rape.
He told Durham Crown Court he "fancied" the woman and spending time with her "made him feel happy".
Asked what stage their relationship was at before the incident, he said: "At that point I was uncertain, as things had progressed, we were spending time together one on one.
"It was progressing towards a more intimate one."
But he said he had not told her about his feelings.
He told the court: "I never made it explicit to her, at that point I did not know how she felt."
Mr Cooke also described a time they went ice skating together and claimed "she was insisting on us doing this thing where we would go to the other sides and then skate into each other's arms".
The trial has previously heard Mr Cooke held the woman down "like a ragdoll" as he raped her.
The court also heard Mr Cooke was a volunteer with the Nightline student advice service and, during his training, he role-played being accused of raping a drunken woman after following her home.
The trial continues.


Margaret Thatcher was strongly opposed to admitting women to the UK who were the second wives of men in polygamous marriages, Cabinet Office files show.

The then prime minister also believed there was a danger of the government favouring "the coloured Commonwealth" at the expense of the UK if it did so.
The newly-released file covers immigration policy from 1982 to 1986.
The document shows the issue of admitting second wives created constant difficulties for Thatcher's government.
It was worried about how Commonwealth countries, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and its own MPs would react to changes in policy.
It discussed the merits of introducing visas for Commonwealth immigrants in order to control numbers, and to move the queues of people wanting to enter the UK from Heathrow to their countries of origin.
And it discussed new powers to take action against exiles in the UK "plotting the violent overthrow of foreign governments" including those of Libya, Iraq and Iran.
The file, now at the National Archives in Kew, also reveals that in October 1985 immigration facilities at Heathrow came close to being overwhelmed by an unexpected surge of young men from Bangladesh seeking entry to the UK.
It shows that a little-known scheme to pay immigrants who wanted to return to their country of origin - used by 100 or 200 people a year - had been rebranded "assisted return" because its original name, "voluntary repatriation", had sounded too like the kind of repatriation called for by Enoch Powell.
And it reveals that at one stage the home secretary of the day, Douglas Hurd, even contemplated breaking the law over the issue of polygamous wives.
In March 1986 he wrote arguing for a change in the law to make it possible to refuse such women entry.
"There is no way in which the issue of entry clearance applications by polygamous wives can be made acceptable to public - or Parliamentary - opinion," he wrote.
Until the law changed he was prepared to "postpone compliance with his legal obligation" to admit second wives, he said.
The attorney-general Sir Michael Havers soon put a stop to that, writing: "Such unlawful action by the government cannot be contemplated."
But in pressing for the change Mr Hurd - who called the admission of polygamous wives "a mischief" - had the prime minister on his side.
A note from one of her advisers says she "strongly shares the Home Secretary's view that an early change in the law is required".
When Mr Hurd suggested making future polygamous marriages invalid but recognising existing ones, she wrote in the margin: "We do not recognise polygamy at all."
And on the very last document in the file - a memo from the Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe outlining the difficulties involved in changing the law - she wrote, with multiple underlinings: "The country would be with us on this.
"We are crazy to discriminate in favour of the coloured Commonwealth against the UK."


German airline Lufthansa plans to offer broadband access on its short and medium-haul flights from next summer.

It says that a deal with Deutsche Telekom and satellite firm Inmarsat will allow passengers to enjoy "the same speed and quality" of internet surfing that they are used to at home.
Lufthansa has not decided how much the service will cost, but it could be linked to the type of ticket purchased.
Broadband is still relatively rare on short-haul flights.
Norwegian is one of the few airlines to offer broadband for free.
Simon Calder from the BBC's Travel Show says that, so far, wifi on planes is "not very good" and he does not expect Lufthansa to improve on that.
"It's feasible to provide a broadband connection at 500mph. But if 150 people want to connect then it is likely to be fragile, and not a great experience," he said.
However, Lufthansa says its service will be based on the most modern technology available and may be fast enough to offer streaming of videos.
According to Deutsche Telekom the combination of satellite technology and a sophisticated ground network will "deliver the fastest, best and most consistent in-flight broadband experience that meets the needs of airlines in this region".
Analysis: Jonathan Amos, BBC Science correspondent
There is no doubt there is pent up demand for good wifi in the sky.
But many people who've used the internet onboard an aeroplane may well have a less than favourable view of the experience: low speeds, delays in pages loading, and, significantly, a high cost compared with what can can be purchased in a cafÃ© on the ground.
The new EU-wide system on which Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom are partnering is designed to tackle all these flaws.
By getting planes to link to ground cell towers should significantly increase speeds - to allow even streaming video in the aircraft seat - while at the same time transforming the cost-per-bit economics of onboard wifi.
But you still need a satellite to fill in any gaps in cell coverage, and to pick up customers' connections when their planes head out of Europe and over the ocean on long-haul flights.
For Inmarsat - even with its current, lower-speed, satellite-only systems - the aero business is now the fastest growing sector in the London company's portfolio.
For Lufthansa, which will be the first carrier to offer the network - it has done survey work in which two-thirds of customers say good connectivity will influence the airline they choose.


Scientists think they've found evidence of a new species of dinosaur in Australia that had similar features to both a parrot and a turtle.

8 December 2015 Last updated at 12:35 GMT
Named Kunbarrasaurus, it was thought to be part of a group dinosaurs that ate plants and were known for their heavy armour and club-like tails.
Researchers at the University of Queensland think it had a parrot-like beak and an inner ear similar to a turtle.
The fossil was discovered back in 1989 and originally thought to be the same as Australia's only other ankylosaur â€” Minmi.
But 20 years later, and after a lot of work, they found it was a new species entirely.
The skeleton even includes details such as skin texture and stomach contents - check out the 3D model.


Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he is determined to protect Ben Woodburn after the teenager replaced Michael Owen as the club's youngest goalscorer.

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Substitute Woodburn - at the age of 17 years and 45 days - scored Liverpool's second goal in their 2-0 victory over Leeds in the EFL Cup quarter-finals.
Klopp said he was "really happy" for the academy graduate, adding: "The only problem is I'm afraid about all you in the media. That's why I'm so quiet.
"We know how to handle the situation."
Woodburn made his senior debut for the Reds in Saturday's Premier League win over Sunderland.
Three days later, he broke Owen's record by 98 days, with the former England striker watching from the main stand.
"He still has a lot of things to do and especially to keep the public away for as long as possible - but that is a difficult thing to do," said Klopp.
"I said well done to him afterwards. It was not too difficult. I would have scored too in that situation. We know what Ben is capable of and what he is already able to do."
Victory took Liverpool into the League Cup semi-finals for the third straight season, and they will discover their opponents when the draw is made after Wednesday's games.
Klopp also praised 18-year-old right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, who crossed for Divock Origi's goal, and 19-year-old midfielder Ovie Ejaria.
"All the young boys did very well in an important game," he added.
Woodburn, then 16, scored in an impressive display during a pre-season win over Wigan.
Asked whether a player who had just taken his GCSEs could figure in the first team this season, Klopp replied: "Of course not. Ben is 16. Of course not."
Woodburn joined the club at under-7s level, and his coaches have praised the level-headed nature of a player who represented the club's under-18 side aged 15.
His first professional contract - a three-year deal - was signed in November, around the same time the Anfield club introduced a salary cap of £40,000 a year for 17-year-old first-year professionals.
And his fine work at the Reds' Kirkby academy has translated into appearances for Wales at under-17 and under-19 level, although he is still eligible to play for England.
The Three Lions may have their work cut out to tempt him, however, as Woodburn has said he wants to "replicate" the feats of Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey.
Owen scored 179 goals for Liverpool in 306 appearances. He went on to play for Real Madrid and Manchester United, and scored 40 times for England.
Among those congratulating Woodburn at the final whistle was team-mate James Milner, who scored for Leeds against Sunderland in the Premier League aged 16 years and 352 days.
Milner, who has won 61 caps for England, remains the second-youngest goalscorer in Premier League history and became one of the league's most expensive players when he joined Manchester City from Aston Villa for £28.5m in 2010.
England captain Wayne Rooney also burst on to the stage at an early age, scoring a memorable goal for Everton against Arsenal when he was 16 years and 355 days old.
He is now his country's all-time leading goalscorer, Manchester United's all-time top goalscorer in Europe and needs one goal to equal Bobby Charlton's record of 249 goals for the club.
But scoring at a young age is not always a reliable indicator of a stellar future. The Premier League's all-time youngest goalscorer is James Vaughan, who scored for Everton against Crystal Palace at the age of 16 years and 267 days.
Injuries hampered his Premier League career and now, aged 28, he plays for League One side Bury.
And who could forget the impact striker Federico Macheda made for Manchester United in 2009? Aged 17 years and 226 days, he came off the bench to score a last-gasp winner against Aston Villa - a strike that helped United clinch the title.
But the Italian failed to secure a regular spot at Old Trafford and is now a free agent following loan spells at numerous clubs.


Kent skittled Gloucestershire for just 61 in a huge 334-run win in their first County Championship match of 2017.

Darren Stevens did the damage for the hosts at Canterbury, taking 6-22, as Gloucestershire posted one of their lowest-ever first-class scores.
Set a target of 396, the visitors slumped to 37-9, before Liam Norwell's 24 saved them from total humiliation.
Earlier Kent moved their overnight 118-4 to 246 all out with Gloucestershire seamer Norwell taking 5-59.
In their second innings, only Jack Taylor and Norwell reached double figures for Gloucestershire, with Norwell and Chris Liddle's last-wicket stand of 24 the highest of the innings.
All-rounder Stevens, who turns 41 later this month, just missed out on bettering his best bowling figures of 7-21, but Gloucestershire's batsmen had no answer to his full medium-pacers.
Gloucestershire's lowest total in the County Championship was in 1920, when they were dismissed for 22 by Somerset in Bristol.


Invest Northern Ireland has received requests from developers for loans totalling £43m to part-fund new office projects in Belfast.

It follows concerns that a shortage of grade A office space after the 2008 property market crash could hinder efforts to attract jobs projects from overseas.
Grade A space is new or refurbished open-plan buildings in prime locations.
Invest NI has said it has received five applications to borrow money.
"All applications are in respect of proposed developments within the Belfast City Council area and from Northern Ireland-based developers," Invest NI said.
It is currently assessing the applications.
Earlier this year, the then Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster announced the loan initiative, describing it as "a short-term intervention".
It came after a report for Invest NI in March stated that a shortage in offices was due to "very few" developers having the capital required to do projects.
At the time, low rental returns were also having an impact on the viability of schemes.


A carer has been filmed dancing naked around a severely disabled young man at a residential care home in Margate.

The video was filmed during an alcohol-fuelled party at Thanet Lodge boarding house, part of the trust that included the now closed Royal School for Deaf Children.
The mother of the blind and deaf man said she "couldn't believe" people she trusted could behave that way.
Kent Police found no crime had taken place. The female carer was sacked.
A total of four people lost their jobs in September 2014 when a whistleblower handed in the video.
They included team leader Yvette Surrage and support workers Jane Smith and David Gardiner who were all seen in the footage.
Senior support worker Ben Healy, who filmed the incident and was heard encouraging his colleagues, was also dismissed.
Ms Surrage was seen dancing semi-clothed and Ms Smith was seen dancing naked around the young man. It is not clear whether Mr Gardiner was in the room when Ms Smith did this.
The mobile-phone footage, given exclusively to BBC South East, shows carers also used sexually-explicit language.
The young man has serious learning difficulties, which meant he needed 24-hour care.
His mother, whose identity has not been revealed, said he probably left his bedroom to look for help and wandered into the common room where loud music would have drowned out any attempts to get assistance.
"He did used to do a lot of self-harming where he could bash the side of his face, bite his hands, thump the floor - we never knew why.
"The fact that his behaviour has changed so drastically for the better since he's moved, leads me to believe that this went on and maybe worse, who knows, for a long time, " she said.
The mother believes more should have been done to protect her son and legal action taken against those caring for him.
Kent Police saw the video but decided there was not enough evidence to investigate further.
In a statement, the force said: "Whilst the acts seen in the video are wholly inappropriate and irresponsible, they do not fit the criteria for a specific criminal offence."
Dr Noelle Blackman, chief executive of the charity Respond, described the footage as "humiliating" and "absolutely horrible".
She said: "Their [the carers] duty is to be there to provide support to this man - this is not providing support this is having their own debauched party - that's neglect if nothing else.
"And to me it's abusive. I think they're humiliating him."
When BBC South East contacted the carers, Ms Surrage said there was no abuse and no poor practice. She said no conviction or prosecution took place because there were no young adults involved.
David Gardiner said he felt the incident brought no harm to the students but admitted he should not have allowed it to go on. He said he cared for the young adults to the best of his ability.
Jane Smith said she was at a difficult point in her life and deeply regretted what happened.
Ben Healy said there was no footage that displayed him acting inappropriately.
The Royal School for Deaf Children and its post-16 department Westgate College closed in December after the John Townsend Trust went into administration.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed on Tuesday there had been "institutionalised failings and abuse" at the residential accommodation attached to Westgate College, which it ordered the trust to close down last November.


Huddersfield have signed Australia midfielder Aaron Mooy on a season-long loan deal from Manchester City.

Mooy, who has won 18 caps for Australia, joined City from sister club Melbourne on a three-year deal in June.
The 25-year-old played in 53 A League games for Melbourne, who he joined from Western Sydney in May 2014.
"He is an offensive central midfield player who fills the position left by Emyr Huws' departure," Terriers head coach David Wagner said.
"We have completed some very interesting permanent transfers, but sometimes the loan market also offers exciting quality like Aaron."
Huws, who was on loan at the Terriers last season, has returned to his parent club Wigan following their promotion to the Championship.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


A 15-year-old boy arrested after the death of a Portadown schoolgirl has been released on bail.

Caitlin White, 15, died in Craigavon Hospital after being found unconscious near Portadown's Corcrain estate on Saturday evening. The exact cause of death is not yet known.
Her funeral is set to take place at the Church of the Assumption in Newry, County Down at 12:00 BST.
The boy was the third person arrested in connection with the death.
A 17-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were arrested on Monday.
They were released on bail pending further inquiries on Tuesday.
Police have said a possible link to drugs is one line of inquiry into the Craigavon Senior High School pupil's death.


Rory Best will captain the British and Irish Lions for his side's next game against the Hurricanes in Wellington on Tuesday.

It is the second time the hooker has skippered the Lions during the tour, having led them to a win over the Chiefs.
Coach Warren Gatland made the decision after the Lions lost the opening Test against New Zealand 30-15 on Saturday.
The second Test against the All Blacks is on Saturday, 1 July.
"We are obviously hugely disappointed with the result but it is important to regroup," said Gatland.
"We know there are a lot of players motivated to go out and get a result for the whole group.
"A few players put their hands up for selection from the Chiefs game and played their way into the Test team so they know that there is another opportunity for them on Tuesday against the Super Rugby champions."
Wing George North and centre Jonathan Joseph will both start against the Hurricanes, while Jack Nowell is at full-back.
Lock George Kruis is on the bench having played the whole 80 minutes of the first Test against New Zealand.
The All Blacks have released Julian Savea, Jordie Barrett and Ngani Laumape back to the Hurricanes for the game, while Nehe Milner-Skudder also starts.
British and Irish Lions: Jack Nowell (England), Tommy Seymour (Scotland), Jonathan Joseph (England), Robbie Henshaw (Ireland), George North (Wales), Dan Biggar (Wales), Greig Laidlaw (Scotland), Joe Marler (England), Rory Best (Ireland, captain), Dan Cole (England), Iain Henderson (Ireland), Courtney Lawes (England), James Haskell (England), Justin Tipuric (Wales), CJ Stander (Ireland).
Replacements: Kristian Dacey (Wales), Alan Dell (Scotland), Tomas Francis (Wales), Cory Hill (Wales), George Kruis (England), Gareth Davies (Wales), Finn Russell (Scotland), Jared Payne (Ireland).
Hurricanes: Jordie Barrett, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Vince Aso, Ngani Laumape, Julian Savea, Otere Black, Te Toiroa-Tahuriorangi, Ben May, Ricky Ricitelli, Jeffrey To'omaga-Allen, Mark Abbott, Sam Lousi, Vaea Fifita, Callum Gibbins, Brad Shields (captain).
Replacements: Leni Apisai, Chris Eves, Mike Kainga, James Blackwell, Reed Prinsep, Kemara Hauiti-Parapara, Wes Goosen, Cory Jane.


Cambridge boss Shaun Derry made it three wins out of three against his old club Notts County with victory at Meadow Lane.

The U's boss, sacked by the Magpies in March 2015, did the double over his former team last season and they are on course to do so again this term.
They had Conor Newton to thank for this success as he capitalised on some excellent work by Uche Ikpeazu to curl around Adam Collin in the 26th minute.
Genaro Snijders should have equalised for Notts County when he raced clear through on goal but dragged his shot wide of the far post.
In the second half, the hosts had the bulk of possession but found chances hard to come by until the death.
Their best opportunity came when Matt Tootle headed into the box which forced Will Norris to punch back into the area.
The ball dropped to Aaron Collins but the substitute's shot hit a defender on the line and bounced off the back of Norris for a corner.
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Match ends, Notts County 0, Cambridge United 1.
Second Half ends, Notts County 0, Cambridge United 1.
Foul by Aaron Collins (Notts County).
Max Clark (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Carl Dickinson (Notts County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United).
Corner,  Cambridge United. Conceded by Carl Dickinson.
Will Norris (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Louis Laing (Notts County) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Robert Milsom (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Williamson (Cambridge United).
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Mark Roberts.
Attempt blocked. Aaron Collins (Notts County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Carl Dickinson (Notts County) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Carl Dickinson (Notts County).
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Mark Roberts.
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Leon Legge.
Matt Tootle (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Williamson (Cambridge United).
Foul by Aaron Collins (Notts County).
James Dunne (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Tootle (Notts County).
Harrison Dunk (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Notts County. Adam Campbell replaces Elliott Hewitt.
Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United).
Attempt saved. Leon Legge (Cambridge United) header from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Robert Milsom (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
James Dunne (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robert Milsom (Notts County).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Ben Williamson replaces Conor Newton because of an injury.
Foul by Elliott Hewitt (Notts County).
James Dunne (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Genaro Snijders (Notts County).
Attempt missed. Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Foul by Jonathan Forte (Notts County).
James Dunne (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.


South Korea's Sung Kang carded a course record 60 at Monterey Country Club to share the clubhouse lead at the halfway stage of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

The world number 306, who shot a level-par 72 on day one at Spyglass in the three-course event, had nine birdies and an eagle to reach 11 under par.
Japan's Hiroshi Iwata had a six-under 66 at Pebble Beach to tie for the lead.
Four-time winner Phil Mickelson is one back after five birdies and an eagle in his first 10 holes in a six-under 65.
"I thought I was going to shoot a lot lower than I did," said the 45-year-old American who has won five majors.
"I didn't expect to play one over [par] coming in but I'm not going to complain because I made a lot of good putts on the front [nine]."
England's Justin Rose also played at Monterey and is a further shot behind Mickelson on nine under after a 68.
Sung, who has a best finish of third in his 57 PGA Tour events, holed from eight feet to par the ninth, his final hole.
He needed a birdie to become only the seventh player to shoot a 59 on the PGA Tour but hit his "worst shot of the day" off the tee on the par-three hole, missing the green.
"I got a break in the rough," he said. "My career [low] round was 61 a couple of times so I was like, this is good. If the putt goes in, it goes in. If it doesn't, it doesn't. I don't really care.
"I holed almost all my putts inside 15 feet."
World number one Jordan Spieth did not drop a shot but made only two birdies in a 69 at Monterey and is three under for the tournament.
"I drove the ball spectacularly, I just couldn't get it in the hole," said the 22-year-old Masters and US Open champion.
"I've struggled putting here at Monterey in the past few years. They're the hardest greens to putt because they are the softest. Speed control needs to improve to have a chance for these putts to drop."
Actor Mark Wahlberg, partnering former Masters champion and fellow left-hander Bubba Watson, came within an inch of a hole in one at Monterey in the $7m (£4.8m) PGA Tour event, where celebrities including Clint Eastwood and Justin Timberlake play alongside the world's top golfers.
Each team plays three rounds on the three different courses, with the leading 25 pro-am teams and 60 professionals returning for the final round at Pebble Beach on Sunday.


Wales manager Chris Coleman was in a jovial mood in training on Wednesday with a cheeky jibe at Euro 2016 rivals England with a team-sheet spoof.

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After newspapers carried a picture of England assistant manager Ray Lewington yesterday carrying a team sheet, Coleman did the same - but with Pele and Maradona up front for Wales.


Paul Di Resta's Formula 1 future is in serious doubt following Force India's decision to replace the Scot with Mexican Sergio Perez.

Force India announced last month that their other driver would be German Nico Hulkenberg, who re-joins the team after a season with Sauber.
Paul Di Resta's failure to find a Formula 1 drive in 2014 appears on one level to be harsh - he is certainly a better prospect than several of the men who will be on the grid next season.
The Scot has proved to be a decently quick and pretty reliable performer in his three seasons in F1, and has produced a handful of impressive drives.
But team bosses feel he lacks star quality and has failed to prove he has the potential to go on to be a world champion.
Times are hard in F1 at the moment for many teams, a majority of which are struggling to complete their budgets.
One example of this was Lotus being forced to take Pastor Maldonado and his mega-bucks Venezuelan sponsorship package rather than their preferred option Nico Hulkenberg.
In that environment, outside the 'big four' of Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren, a driver has to have something extra special to make it worth taking the cash hit of employing him if he does not bring financial backing.
And there has been little evidence that Di Resta is another Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso, even though he beat Vettel to the European Formula Three title when they were team-mates in 2006.
Nor has he helped himself. His image among F1 insiders is not positive, a result of some of his critical outbursts against his team on the radio, and other stories about his attitude that have done the rounds.
Friends tell of a jovial, amusing character who is fun to be around in private. But Di Resta has chosen not to show that side of himself to the world, a decision that must now be viewed as a mistake.
Although there are still some seats open in F1 next year, none are believed to be available to Di Resta.
The 27-year-old is expected to switch to touring cars or endurance racing.
Di Resta is most likely to return to drive for Mercedes in the German Touring Car Championship, which he won in 2010. Sources say he is tired of F1, feels he is finished with it and, as things stand, is unlikely to try to find a reserve driver role to keep his foot in the door.
The Briton made his debut for Force India in 2011 but after three seasons the team have decided they would be better to choose different drivers.
Hulkenberg overshadowed Di Resta when they were team-mates in the second half of 2012 and has continued to impress for Sauber this season.
Perez, who has been dropped by McLaren after a season alongside Jenson Button, brings with him several million pounds worth of sponsorship from Mexico.
Perez said: "Coming here [to Force India] was always my first choice and I'm really happy everything has now been confirmed.
"This is a young team with a lot of determination and they've produced competitive cars for the last few years.
"It's all change for next season with the new regulations, but I already have a good feeling about 2014."
Di Resta was overlooked by top teams Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren when they all changed their second drivers ahead of 2014.
And his ability to find a seat elsewhere has been harmed by his lack of sponsorship budget.
Team bosses feel that he has not proved to be outstanding enough in his three seasons for it to be worth them taking the financial hit of signing him.
Sauber have not yet announced their line-up but there is understood to be no place for Di Resta at the Swiss team.
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They are expected to sign his former Force India team-mate Adrian Sutil as their lead driver. Their second seat is likely to go to either Mexican Esteban Gutierrez, who made his debut for Sauber in 2013, or a Russian in deference to their new business partners.
That could be former Lotus and Caterham driver Vitaly Petrov or the 19-year-old novice Sergey Sirotkin, who is considered more likely to become Sauber's reserve driver as a result of his lack of experience.
Backmarker teams Caterham and Marussia have seats available, but Di Resta is not in the frame for them.
Marussia have already signed Frenchman Jules Bianchi for a second season and are expected to keep hold of his 2013 team-mate Englishman Max Chilton as well.
Caterham's line-up is still up in the air, with 2013 race drivers Giedo van der Garde and Charles Pic still options, along with GP2 driver Marcus Ericsson of Sweden, ex-McLaren, Renault and Caterham racer Heikki Kovalainanen and a number of others.
Di Resta's manager Richard Goddard was unavailable for comment.


Warrington Wolves and England full-back Stefan Ratchford has signed a contract extension with the Super League side.

The 28-year-old was contracted to Wire until 2018 but this new deal will run until 2020.
He moved to the club in 2012 after beginning his career at Salford.
"I'm delighted to get this over the line. The next few years are exciting with the young lads coming through and the current squad we have," he told the club website.


A 24-hour Tube strike is set to start from Wednesday evening after transport unions rejected the latest pay offer from London Underground (LU).

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and Unite are planning to walk out at 18:30 BST.
ASLEF drivers will strike from 21:30.
LU and the unions had been trying to reach a deal over the introduction of the new night Tube service.
It is unclear if talks will resume later. LU said it will be available for talks at ACAS but the unions have yet to decide whether they will attend or not.
On Monday LU made an increased but "final" pay offer in a bid to avert the action, including a 2% rise this year and £2,000 for drivers on the night Tube.
The service is due to start at weekends from mid-September.
Finn Brennan, a senior negotiator for Aslef, said unions were not given enough time to consider the proposals.
"This is playground negotiating. Having made no offer for three months they give four unions one afternoon to consider a new offer," he said.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "RMT made it clear yesterday that we are prepared to continue the talks process in line with the normal industrial relations procedure.
"That of course means that the detailed offer submitted by LU yesterday must remain on the table as a key part of the talks framework, and the union issues on a coherent package that addresses work/life balance, equality and safety have to be on the agenda as well."
The TSSA union also rejected the offer and general secretary Manuel Cortes said: "This dispute is not just about pay but about how to run a safe and secure night Tube which serves the passengers as well as rewarding the staff."
LU chief operating officer Steve Griffiths said in a message to staff on Monday that a "full and final" offer had been made in an attempt to conclude five months of talks.
Mr Griffiths said he had set the deadline so if industrial action was called off LU could plan to provide the "best possible service" to customers.
He added: "We are not asking staff to work unlimited nights and weekends. Most of you will not be affected at all by night Tube when it's launched in September."
LU's latest offer included an average 2% increase on basic pay, RPI inflation or 1%, whichever is greater, in 2016 and 2017, a £500 non-consolidated "launch bonus" to all staff on night Tube lines or at stations serving these lines.
Transport bosses also offered a £2,000 "transition bonus" for drivers working on the overnight services.
Previously a 0.75% pay increase with an additional payment of £250 for drivers was offered.
Almost 20,000 workers are due to take part in the industrial action.


Barcelona defender Thomas Vermaelen has joined Serie A side Roma on a season's loan.

The former Arsenal captain, 30, left north London to join Barcelona for £15m in 2014 but injuries have restricted him to 11 appearances in La Liga.
Roma have an option to buy the Belgium international at the end of the season.
Vermaelen's move means that £25m-rated Greece defender Kostas Manolas, who has been linked with several Premier League clubs, could leave the Stadio Olimpico.


Volkswagen's boss has warned that a deal with US authorities over its emissions scandal could take longer and cost more than expected.

Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show, Matthias Mueller told the BBC that VW was still in "constructive dialogue" with regulators and hoped the firm would be "judged fairly".
He said he was "impatient" for answers.
The VW boss also warned that the €6.7bn (£5.2bn) set aside to cover the costs of the scandal might not be enough.
"I've postponed our year-end financial results and the AGM to improve their quality, so that we can be even more confident and take even more care and diligence in establishing the figures.
"Then we'll see if we have to make additional provisions, over and above the 6.7bn [euros]," he added.
Mr Mueller said an internal inquiry could be ready in April.
Last September, US authorities discovered that VW used computer software to massage emissions data during tests, sparking the biggest crisis in VW's history and leading to the departure of Mr Mueller's predecessor.
The US Justice Department is suing VW for breaching environmental laws, and VW has been ordered to fix almost 600,000 diesel vehicles in the country fitted with so-called "defeat devices".
However, about 11 million vehicles globally have been fitted with the devices.
Mr Mueller told the BBC that it had been a "grave mistake… We have lost a lot of trust with our customers, and we now need to win them back".
He added: "We need to face the allegations of the authorities, and I expect a fair ruling here. And then it's important to look ahead, and to make Volkswagen into an even better company."
But he said he would not pre-empt the internal inquiry underway by lawyers Jones Day into what management knew about the emissions issues before it was exposed.
After publication of the report "we will know the whole story, and the truth will be on the table," Mr Mueller promised.
"It is simply expedient that we carefully consider the whole situation to bring the truth to light. The complexities require time and care," he said.
He insisted, however, that VW had not been "paralysed" by the emissions crisis and that it was looking to "the future with confidence".


The pass mark for exams is not always 50%.

Each year the exact pass mark and the marks needed for individual subjects are agreed after the papers are marked.
This is a safeguard against the inevitable risk of an exam turning out to be a little easier or harder than those set in previous years.
It is designed to ensure consistency within the system.
The pass mark and grade boundaries can be revised up or down.
For instance, in the old Higher history this year candidates needed 54% to pass and 72% for an A while in English they needed 49% to pass and 65% for an A. In the new Higher English, the pass mark was 56% and candidates needed 74% for an A.
Variations like these are, simply, par for the course.
However to reduce the pass mark to 34% is truly exceptional and suggests a serious failure of the system.
There are essentially two possible explanations.
One is that the exam was simply set at too hard a level.
Exam papers generally contain a range of questions of varying degrees of difficulty. Some are relatively straightforward and designed for candidates who merit a C grade pass - others are more demanding and designed for the most able.
Did an unduly difficult or badly set paper get through the SQA's quality assurance safeguards?  Were candidates simply unprepared because the paper was unlike the one teachers had expected?
Some claim the paper was produced under an unusually tight deadline.
Another potential - but maybe more controversial - explanation touches on a more philosophical issue.
One aim of the changes to education in recent years under the banner of Curriculum for Excellence is to encourage youngsters to think for themselves and develop what might be termed a "deeper understanding" of a subject.
At Higher level, this sort of skill was always valued. In Maths it could mean that candidates had the knowledge and initiative to attempt to solve unfamiliar problems rather than just questions which may be similar to those in past papers or textbooks.
One senior figure in Scottish education was concerned the paper appeared to have been such a huge challenge for the most able candidates. To get an A grade candidates needed just 60%.
He said he had heard comments from teachers in good state and independent schools about what he called "the supposedly difficult" questions.
He said: "We have to ask if such questions are the kinds of things that we would expect someone competent to be able to answer at this level. I can't help concluding that they are and so that, whatever the explanation, if students can't do it then there is something wrong with the syllabus or with their capacity to exercise ingenuity.
"The most controversial feature is not really the drop in the threshold for a pass - though that is bad - but that an A could be obtained with as little as 60%.
"That is truly disturbing, since one would expect the most able students to be able to cope even with the supposedly 'too difficult' questions."
In the coming school year, only the new Highers will be on offer.
After what, frankly, has been a debacle with the new Higher Maths exam the challenge for the SQA is to ensure that teachers, students and parents can enjoy confidence in the altered qualification.


Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro appears to have given tacit approval to the recent decision by Cuba and the US to restore diplomatic relations.

In a letter, he wrote: "I don't trust the policy of the US, nor have I exchanged a word with them, but this does not mean I reject a peaceful solution to conflicts."
These were his first comments since December's historic move by Cuba and the US after decades of hostilities.
High-level talks were held last week.
In the letter published by the state-run newspaper Granma, Mr Castro wrote: "We will always defend cooperation and friendship with all the people of the world, including with our political adversaries."
The 88-year-old appeared to be backing decisions taking by his younger brother Raul - the current Cuban president who succeeded him in 2008.
The Cuban president, the letter stated, "has taken the pertinent steps in accordance with his prerogatives and the powers given to him by the National Assembly the Communist Party of Cuba".
It was hardly a ringing endorsement of US-Cuban rapprochement but nor was it a rejection of the decision to re-establish political ties with the great enemy to the north, the BBC's Will Grant in Havana reports.
Fidel Castro has spent his whole adult life in conflict with the US, and it should come as little surprise that he has not given a glowing reception now those hostilities are apparently at an end, our correspondent says.
That said, he adds, many in Cuba believe that the current efforts to warm the long-frozen relations would not have started in the first place unless Fidel had given them his benign approval.
His silence on the issue had led to growing speculation over his health.
Earlier this month, Fidel Castro sent a letter to former footballer Diego Maradona to quash rumours that he had died.


A new £285,000 library and gallery is set to be built in Haverfordwest.

The development is part of a £3.4m scheme to regenerate the Pembrokeshire town.
It will be located on the site of the current Riverside Market and will replace the original building, which closed in 2012.
The Welsh Government-funded facility will also house a coffee shop, tourism information office and gallery.
Traders at the indoor market will be relocated to other premises in the town centre, which have yet to be decided.
Reg and Sandra Davies have run their engraving business in the Riverside Market for 33 years.
Mr Davies said being relocated was "not something they initially wanted," but following a "downturn in the market" they were looking forward to moving.
Of the 15 indoor market traders, 10 will be moved and five will be entitled to statutory compensation.
"There's not much resistance with the market traders anymore, there's only a few of us left," he added.
The council called it a "flagship" development and said the new venue could generate close to £1m of spending in the local economy and create eight to 15 additional jobs.
Keith Lewis, Pembrokeshire cabinet member for economy and communities, said the award was "great news."
It is hoped work will start in autumn, with an opening date some 12 months later.
The funding announcement coincided with the unveiling of a "draft masterplan" for the town centre.


A pensioner who had been missing from his home in East Kilbride since Thursday has been found dead.

Thomas Clark, 84, had last been seen boarding a bus in the town on Thursday morning.
Police said his body was found by officers near the David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, at about 10:30 on Monday.
A spokesman said there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
Mr Clark had been seen on CCTV leaving Hairmyres Hospital at about 10:45 on Thursday.
He was then understood to have got on a bus, travelling towards Airdrie.


An estimated one million cycling fans gathered in Yorkshire on Saturday as the 2014 Tour de France was given a royal send-off in Leeds.

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The three-week race returned to England for the first time since 2007, with two stages in Yorkshire and a third finishing in London on Monday.
The 101st edition of the 2,277-mile, 21-stage race ends in Paris on 27 July.
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Chris Froome is the defending champion, while fellow Briton Mark Cavendish is among the favourites to win stage one.
The 190km (118-mile) first stage, or Grand Depart, was given a royal send-off by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry from Leeds Town Hall at midday.
The 198 riders from 22 teams competed in the first stage, which was won by Marcel Kittel, with up to two million people expected to line the UK routes over the weekend.
The four Britons in the race are Team Sky's Froome, 29, and team-mate and BBC columnist Geraint Thomas, 28, while sprint specialist Cavendish, 29, is riding for Omega Pharma-QuickStep, and debutant Simon Yates, 21, for Orica-GreenEdge.
Froome became the second British winner of the race last year, following the victory of team-mate Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2012.
Wiggins, who missed last year's Tour through illness and injury, has been left out of the squad in 2014, a decision Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford said had kept him "awake at night".
Only a handful of the 198 starters have a realistic chance of winning the race's coveted yellow jersey, but Froome is one of them, along with the likes of two-time winner Alberto Contador of Spain, Italy's Vincenzo Nibali and American Andrew Talansky.
"I can't say enough how special it is to come back here as defending champion," said Froome at Thursday's opening ceremony in Leeds. "I'm certainly going to give it my all."
Britons David Millar, of Garmin-Sharp, and Alex Dowsett, of Movistar, both won stages in 2012 but miss the race because of health concerns, while Peter Kennaugh and Ben Swift were left out by Team Sky.
"In an ideal world, I'd have liked to have seen more Brits at this Tour de France," Cavendish said. "Great Britain has been successful. That's a massive part of why the Tour de France has come to the UK again."
The Manxman is expecting the Grand Depart in Yorkshire to eclipse his debut in the 2007 Tour, which started in London.
"London was the best Grand Depart I've been in, but I'm so confident it will be overshadowed by this weekend," he said.
Cavendish has won 25 individual stages - the most of any current rider and equal third on the all-time list behind five-time overall race winners Eddy Merckx (34) of Belgium and France's Bernard Hinault (28) - to add to the overall British Tour successes for Froome and Wiggins.
However, Cavendish has never worn the race leader's yellow jersey and admits "it would be nice" to become just the seventh Briton to achieve that feat by winning Saturday's opening stage, which finishes in his mother's home town of Harrogate.
The cobbles on stage five, the Bastille Day climb to La Planche des Belles Filles on stage 10, and the final day in the mountains on stage 18 are key to Chris Froome's hopes of defending his title.
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The yellow jersey is not the only prize on offer in the race. Cavendish is chasing the green jersey, given to the rider during the race who accumulates most points. Those points are awarded for stage wins and performances in the intermediate sprints.
The jersey is often won by a sprinter because points are weighted towards flat stages, which sprinters are more likely to win.
Cavendish's main rivals are likely to be Slovakia's Peter Sagan, who has won the jersey for the past two years, as well as German duo Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel.
The red and white polka dot jersey is awarded to the Tour's best climber, with points handed out at the top of each categorised climb, which are graded on how steep and long they are.
There is also a white jersey for the Tour's quickest young rider, a team prize and an award for the most aggressive rider on each stage, while the man who is last overall is called the Lanterne Rouge.
Numerous roads will be closed throughout Yorkshire this weekend but Northern Rail is putting on 50% more trains to help transport fans.
Local authorities across Yorkshire and the Humber region have teamed up with key partners to come up with a 12-year plan to capitalise on the Grand Depart.
Among the legacy promises are free access to a bike and training to use it, a regional cycle-hire network and a new world-class three-day race.
Yorkshire is expected to enjoy the lion's share of at least £100m in economic benefits from the 2014 Grand Depart, but the region's leaders are also keen to see more people commuting by bike, riding for fun and fitness, and a major boost in cycling tourism.


The Yasukuni Shrine - the name means peaceful country - in Tokyo, Japan, is a Shinto shrine founded in 1869 on the orders of Emperor Meiji.

The shrine is dedicated to souls of about 2.5 million Japanese men, women and children who died for their country since that time.
They include soldiers, war-time nurses, students who entered battle and those who committed suicide in shame at the end of World War II.
At the centre of the shrine's controversy is the fact that those venerated include 14 convicted Class A war criminals, including Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo, who was executed for war crimes in 1948.
Within the shrine, the souls of the dead are worshipped rather than just remembered.
According to Japan's national Shinto religion, humans are transformed into kami or deities when they die, and as such, are worshipped by their descendants.
Surrounded by war banners and military regalia, the Yasukuni kami are venerated by hundreds of thousands of visitors at the shrine each year.
Compared with most Shinto shrines, which were founded hundreds of years ago, the dedication of the Yasukuni shrine was a relatively recent affair.
Analysts say that because the main wars it commemorates are those with China and the US, it appears to the political left to symbolise foreign invasions.
To the right, it is a symbol of patriotism.
The shrine is frequently at the centre of political storms. There have been several parliamentary debates aimed at removing General Tojo's kami, but nationalists have blocked these every time.
The debate intensifies in the lead up to 15 August - the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.
Several lawmakers pay their respects at the shrine each year, but only one prime minister, Yasuhiro Nakasone in 1985, has made an official visit since the war.
Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto made what he said was a private visit on his birthday in July 1996.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made six visits to Yasukuni during his time in office from 2001-2006. Arguments have ensued over whether these were made in a private or official capacity.
Visits by leaders and senior ministers anger Japan's Asian neighbours, especially China, South Korea and North Korea, who were victims of the country's military aggression in the first half of the 20th century.
They say the shrine represents Japan's past militarism - something for which they feel it has not fully apologised.
"The Yasukuni Shrine issue is about whether Japan correctly acknowledges its history of invasion and of Japanese militarism, and about the feelings of the people in victims' countries, including China," China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.


Greece was forced to tap into an emergency account to make a debt interest payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it has emerged.

The government raided its reserves to make the €750m (£538m) payment on Monday, one day ahead of the deadline.
It comes after Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis warned his country was weeks from running out of cash.
Greece is believed to have borrowed €650m from its IMF holding account to meet the debt interest payment.
Member countries have two accounts with the IMF - one where they deposit their annual quota, in effect their membership fee, and another where they store reserves, including gold, for emergencies.
Country quotas are based on each country's relative size in the world economy.
One Greek official told Reuters on Tuesday that the reserves that the government used must be replenished in the IMF account in "several weeks".
Greece also used €100m of its cash reserves to make the full payment on its IMF bailout loan interest, the official said.
The mayor of Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, revealed last week that he had handed over cash reserves in response to an appeal for money.
Meanwhile, changes to the law have allowed the central government to collect €600m of local government and other public entity money to help it deal with the cash crisis, a government spokesman said.
On Monday, Mr Varoufakis warned his country's financial situation was "terribly urgent" and the crisis could come to a head in a matter of weeks.
The warning came as eurozone finance ministers met in Brussels to discuss the final €7.2bn tranche of Greece's €240bn EU/IMF bailout.
Ministers said Greece had made "progress", but more work was needed.
"The liquidity issue is a terribly urgent issue. It's common knowledge, let's not beat around the bush," Mr Varoufakis told reporters in Brussels.
"From the perspective [of timing], we are talking about the next couple of weeks."
Greece has until the end of June to reach a reform deal with its international creditors. Its finances are running so low that it has had to ask public bodies for help.
The crisis has raised the prospect that Greece might default on its debts and leave the euro.
The eurozone is insisting on a rigorous regime of reforms, including cuts to pensions, in return for the bailout, but Greece's anti-austerity Syriza-led government is resisting the tough terms.
In a statement, the eurozone finance ministers said they "welcomed the progress that has been achieved so far" in the negotiations, but added: "We acknowledged that more time and effort are needed to bridge the gaps on the remaining open issues."
Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem said there had to be a full deal on the bailout before Greece received any further payments.
"There are time constraints and liquidity constraints and hopefully we will reach an agreement before time runs out and before money runs out," he said.
Syriza has said it will not break its anti-austerity electoral promises, and that has raised the prospect of a referendum on any deal agreed in Brussels.
Germany's finance minister, Wolfgang Schaueble, has lent support to the idea.
"Maybe this would be the right measure to let the Greek people decide if it is ready to accept what is necessary," he said.
Greece's undeclared domestic default


Antonio Guterres has emerged as the likely man to become next UN secretary general.

A former Portuguese prime minister and head of the UN refugee agency, he was the Security Council's unanimous choice.
A final decision will be made in a formal vote at the council before going to the General Assembly.
But despite Mr Guterres' breadth of appeal and experience, many had hoped the top job would go to a woman.
Out of 13 candidates, seven were women; some arguably even more experienced than Mr Guterres.
Female contenders in the race included the former prime minister of New Zealand, the director general of cultural agency Unesco, the Moldovan deputy prime minister and a senior EU official.
In August, the outgoing UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, said it was "high time" for a female head, after more than 70 years of the UN and eight male leaders.
But those who wanted to see a woman elected were disappointed by Wednesday's result, calling it a "disaster for gender equality".
The Campaign to Elect a Woman UN Secretary-General, a group of mostly academics who supported the female candidates up for nomination, called it an "outrage".
"There were seven outstanding female candidates and in the end it appears they were never seriously considered," the campaigners said in a statement.
One of the contenders, Christiana Figueres, a key architect of the global climate change agreement signed in Paris last year, called the result "bittersweet".
Some of the candidates have said gender was a factor.
Susana Malcorra, Argentina's foreign minister, complained last month that women did not have a chance in the Security Council.
"It's not a glass ceiling; it's a steel ceiling," she said, according to Foreign Policy magazine.
On Wednesday, after congratulating her rival on his win on Twitter, Ms Malcorra went on to say that gender remains an issue in the election of a secretary general.
But other candidates downplayed the role of sexism or gender in the race.
Helen Clark, New Zealand's former prime minister, told the Guardian: "If you're asking whether women are being discriminated against - no.
"There are a lot of factors swirling around. There is east-west, there is north-south, there's the style of what's wanted in the job. Do they want strong leadership? Do they want malleable? It's all cross-cutting and we don't know what will come in the wash."
Some say that, whether you are a male or female candidate, politicking and so-called backroom deals are the biggest factors in determining who is finally nominated.
The Woman SG Campaign said in its statement that this week's result "represents the usual backroom deals that still prevail at the UN".
The UN Association in the UK detailed on its website some of the closed-door deals that go on in the UN Security Council.
"One of the most visible types of backroom deals was articulated by UN inspectors in 2011 when they wrote that 'no Secretary-General had been immune to political pressure' to reserve certain top UN jobs for certain member states.
"This refers to the unfortunate practice of major powers extracting promises from candidates in return for their support."
Politico highlighted the importance of these dealings as heavyweights like Russia and the US hold immense power to stop a candidacy.
"Whoever wins the race will have had to carefully negotiate the support (or at least avoid the opposition) of both the United States and Russia."
There is no suggestion that any backroom deals were made over the election of Mr Guterres.
Indeed, Samantha Power, the US representative to the UN, described the result as "remarkably" uncontroversial, calling him a candidate "whose experience, vision, and versatility across a range of areas proved compelling".
But it is clear that if a woman is to be elected to the UN's top job next time, it is not just sexism she will have to overcome.


Four years after a giant orange stadium appeared on their land, the inhabitants of Matsafeni village outside Nelspruit in South Africa say they are still waiting for their World Cup legacy.

"They lied to us and betrayed us," said Imaan Milanzi, a community liaison officer, pointing to a muddy hole in the ground surrounded by rubbish, bushes and banana plants.
Half a dozen people, holding battered old plastic paint tubs, had formed a casual queue, waiting for their turn to access the borehole - their one, trickling water supply.
"Things didn't go as planned," said Mr Milanzi, of the local government's redevelopment plans.
"They first promised to supply water, upgrade houses and roads. But they just built the stadium and disappeared."
The South African authorities spent some $2bn (Â£1,2bn) on infrastructure and other upgrades in order to host the 2010 World Cup - a tournament widely viewed at the time as a glorious, crime-free, profitable, reputation-changing, success.
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But four years on, what remains of the much-touted legacy, and what lessons could South Africa offer Brazil?
"It was a success for Fifa and the corporate sponsors made a lot of money, but it left local businesses and the state floundering," said Johannesburg-based researcher Dale McKinley, pointing out that of the eight stadiums built or refurbished for the World Cup, only one - the iconic FNB stadium outside Soweto - "is financially viable".
Indeed, campaigners are now demanding that the most expensive stadium, in Cape Town, be pulled down.
The tournament did accelerate work on the Gautrain -  the high-speed rail link between Johannesburg, its airport, and nearby Pretoria - and prompted some major motorway upgrades and a new bus system for Johannesburg.
But critics say the Gautrain is priced out of the reach of most South Africans, and highly controversial new tolls on the motorways mean drivers are still paying for the renovations.
"The infrastructure is good, but why was the money not used properly at the World Cup [so that we wouldn't be] left with these debts, and are now paying two or three times over again; and the prices of those services are beyond the means of a large percentage of our population which can't afford them," said Mr McKinley.
The man who ran South Africa's World Cup, Danny Jordaan, concedes that the Nelspruit stadium - which cost three times the initial estimate and was surrounded by  allegations of corruption and the subsequent murder of two whistle-blowers - still represents a "huge challenge".
But sitting by the pitch inside an empty FNB stadium, Mr Jordaan told me that expectations about the impact of 30 days of football were unrealistic.
"Even if Fifa gave us all the money it made, that's not going to address all the poverty and inequality" in South Africa, he argued.
Besides, he said, the main aim and legacy of the tournament was to "rebrand" the country - and indeed the continent - as a "hopeful, rather than hopeless" place, in order to attract more tourism and foreign investment in the decades ahead.
In that sense, Mr Jordaan said, the peaceful, profitable tournament had been "a triumph".
Contemplating Brazil's experiences four years later, there is more than a hint of smugness among officials here.
After all, chaotic, crime-ridden South Africa pulled off an impeccably organised, crime-free World Cup, with all its stadia ready long ahead of time.
Mr Jordaan was critical of Brazil's slow infrastructure preparations, and of the lack of "competition" in the bidding process for a South American host nation.
He said South Africa had been fortunate that its tournament had come after years of economic growth, which meant that "we did not have to move money from social investment".
And yet, following the tournament, Fifa built just five mini-soccer pitches around South Africa as part of its promise to support the development of football.
Mr McKinley described the legacy project as "a slap in the face".
"A handful of projects were given World Cup money. They could have built a pitch in every school with the money they made. Why is Fifa so greedy?"
At one pitch, on a hillside overlooking the township of Alexandra outside Johannesburg, children were getting lessons from volunteers on a recent afternoon after school.
Fifa "did a good job", said Mooki Dube, programme officer at the Grassroot Soccer charity, which is now looking for new funders to support its work.
"We appreciate what they did for us. But they could do more, and if they did do more, that would be welcome."
Back in Nelspruit, I asked Mr Milanzi what advice he would have for Brazilians as they prepare for their World Cup.
"I would say to them that they should just be careful not to accept anything that they hear from the officials," he said.
"The officials are just there to make money from the stadiums and leave them in their current situation."


People have been warned to stop taking photos while standing on railway tracks - after CCTV captured eight dangerous incidents in a day at one level crossing.

One group of people spent more than eight minutes on the railway taking photographs and chatting.
Two children even sat down on the tracks while they posed for a photo.
The incidents all happened on a level crossing at Matlock Bath station in Derbyshire on 30 August.
It is not the first time there have been dangerous incidents at the crossing, but Network Rail has released the CCTV footage as an example of what not to do.
Martin Brown, operations risk adviser at Network Rail, said: "Trains can come from either direction at any time and being distracted by chatting, texting or taking photographs while using the crossing significantly increases the risk of an incident."
The station is in a picturesque location and was built in the style of a Swiss chalet, which could explain why people are so keen to have their photo taken there.
"Level crossings in rural, picturesque settings such as Matlock may look like good opportunities for a photo but the railway is not a playground," said Mr Brown.
British Transport Police has increased patrols in the area and wants to speak to the people pictured to reinforce concerns about their "reckless and dangerous behaviour".
Insp Eddie Carlin said: "I have had to tell devastated families that their loved ones are not coming home due to incidents such as this and it's heartbreaking."
Level crossings were built with the Victorian railway more than 100 years ago when there were fewer and slower trains.
There are approximately 6,100 level crossings in Britain, but more than 900 have been closed over the past five years.


Tycoon Donald Trump has said he was "lured" into building a £1bn golf resort in Scotland with assurances that a nearby wind farm would not go ahead.

The US businessman is strongly opposing plans for an offshore development near his golf course in Aberdeenshire.
Mr Trump said he was assured by the former and current first ministers, Jack McConnell and Alex Salmond, that the project would not happen.
Lord McConnell and Mr Salmond have denied the claims.
Mr Trump's comments came as he appeared in person before the Scottish Parliament's economy, energy and tourism committee, which is conducting an inquiry into whether the Scottish government can meet its green energy targets.
Ministers want to see Scotland generating the equivalent of 100% of its own electricity demand from renewable resources by 2020.
By Brian TaylorPolitical editor, Scotland
As the committee sat inside the Edinburgh parliament, two groups of pro and anti-wind farm activists faced each other outside the building, separated by police officers.
Mr Trump said he supported renewable developments like wave and tidal power, but said the use of wind farms was "one of the most serious problems Scotland will have or has had".
The entrepreneur said they were inefficient, could not operate without big subsides, "killed massive amounts of wildlife" and would damage tourism.
When challenged to provide statistical evidence for his arguments, Mr Trump told the committee: "I am the evidence."
His comments are at odds with the Scottish government's drive to turn the country into Europe's green capital.
Mr Trump first mooted his plans for the resort, at Menie, as far back as 2006, when Labour politician Lord McConnell was Scottish first minister and Mr Salmond was SNP leader. Mr Salmond's party went on to win the May 2007 Scottish election.
Mr Trump told MSPs that when he heard of plans for 11 turbines off Aberdeen Bay, 2km (1.2 miles) from his golf resort, he considered moving the development to Ireland.
"Jack McConnell said it won't be built," Mr Trump told the committee.
"His people were telling my people that it won't happen. They talked about the Ministry of Defence would never approve it, because it had something to do with radar, and they talked about the shipping lanes, especially because it's near Aberdeen.
"They said it won't happen. It was very prevalent for a short period of time and then it totally disappeared."
Mr Trump went on: "Based on that, I decided, I'll go forward."
He also said that, during a dinner attended by Mr Salmond in New York in October 2007, he was "led to believe" there would be no wind farm.
Mr Trump told the committee: "In the meantime, Alex Salmond, when I discussed it with him towards the beginning, he poo-pooed it and said: 'You have a Ministry of Defence problem, you have all sorts of shipping lane problems, I wouldn't worry about that', and I continued to go forward.
"Now I invested tens of millions of pounds, I've completed my site ahead of schedule. I built something that is spectacular - even my enemies say the most spectacular - and really good."
Mr Trump went on: "I felt betrayed, because I invested my money based on statements that were made to me.
"Lots of very smart people with a lot of money are looking to invest in different parts of the world - when they see what happened to me and the way I've been treated, they're not going to be investing in Scotland."
"If Jack McConnell says to me and his representatives say to us that that won't happen and then it goes away, and then I build and invest all this money and then it re-emerges - I don't think that's fair to an investor.
"What they did is they lured me in, I spent this money, and now I might regret it."
Mr Salmond later told the BBC that he had given no assurances to Mr Trump and his organisation.
He said: "I spoke to Donald Trump a few weeks ago where he accepted on the phone that this administration had not given them assurances about offshore wind - it was the previous administration. They were arguing that we were bound by the policies of the previous administration, which in itself is a nonsense."
Lord McConnell added: "Mr Trump was treated with the same respect and courtesy that I and my government treated all potential inward investors.
By Andrew BlackPolitical reporter, BBC Scotland
As men of the world, Donald Trump and Alex Salmond aren't all that dissimilar.
The US tycoon and the first minister of Scotland both like to get things done with minimal messing about - even if noses are sometimes put slightly out of joint.
Mr Trump's decision to build a £1bn golf resort in Aberdeenshire - billed as the most luxurious of its kind - was a good news story for the government, given one of the world's wealthiest entrepreneurs wanted to do business in Scotland.
But plans for a nearby offshore wind development - literally too close for comfort as far as Mr Trump is concerned - seem to have soured that relationship.
Subsequent events have found the two engaging in a sort-of war of words - Mr Trump's increasingly inflammatory attacks on wind power have been met with Mr Salmond's more measured response on the importance of green energy to Scotland's economic future.
This parliamentary inquiry is not a showdown between Mr Salmond and Mr Trump, it is a probing of the government's renewable energy targets - but exchanges between the two have become a big part of the story.
The first minister says he doesn't expect Mr Trump to back offshore wind, but he does want a little understanding about the government's ambitious renewable energy aims.
It has created a tricky situation for Mr Salmond, who wants to balance major investments like the Trump resort along with his drive to make Scotland Europe's green energy capital.
Either way, the first minister has made clear to Mr Trump - and others - that investment in Scotland doesn't imply ownership of Scotland.
"It is a pity that he doesn't return that courtesy now.
"He was encouraged to be interested in Scotland, but always told that we had procedures about planning applications and consents that must be followed, and about which he could receive no prior guarantees."
Mr Trump also used the evidence session to attack the concept of wind farms, telling MSPs: "Many countries have decided they don't want wind because it doesn't work without massive subsidies - it kills massive amounts of birds and wildlife and there are lots of other reasons.
"It's a very inefficient form of energy. It's an energy that, when you need it most, you don't get it because the wind isn't blowing.
"They are so unattractive, so ugly, so noisy and so dangerous that, if Scotland does this, I think Scotland will be in serious trouble - I think you'll lose your tourism industry to Ireland and lots of other places that are laughing at what Scotland is doing."
The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, which Mr Trump is objecting to, is a £150m joint venture by utility company Vattenfall, engineering firm Technip and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group.
Scottish ministers have yet to make a decision on whether to approve the project.
Mr Trump, whose organisation said it would be prepared to spend up to £10m fighting such developments, argued it would spoil the sea views for his customers at the Menie resort.
Mr Trump said he did not want to see his resort "destroyed by having 11 monstrosities built looming over it, literally one mile away".
The Scottish government said offshore wind was worth £30bn of investment to Scotland, and could create up to 28,000 Scottish jobs.
Ministers have also disputed Mr Trump's claims over wind farms damaging tourism, saying visitor numbers - including those from North America - were on the rise.
When challenged to back up his claims with clinical evidence, Mr Trump said: "I am the evidence", adding: "I am considered a world-class expert in tourism, so when you say, 'where is the expert and where is the evidence', I'm the evidence."
Responding to the first minister's comments that he gave no assurance to Mr Trump, the tycoon said: "Mr Salmond's denying other things today on the front page," which was a reference to the first minister's alleged dealings with News Corp and its planned BSkyB takeover.
Mr Trump also brought up the Scottish government's decision to release the terminally-ill Lockerbie bomber, in relation to his claims that the SNP had not given the full facts about renewable energy during the Holyrood election campaign.
He said: "This is the same thinking that gave you Megrahi, where they let him out of prison because he'd be dead within two weeks - well, guess what, he was seen running in the park last week."
Mr Trump said his golf course was due to open in July, but his plans for a hotel and hundreds of homes on the site have been put on hold.
David Rodger, spokesman for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, said: "The project partners are disappointed by the disproportionate campaign against the EOWDC and Scotland's wind energy industry.
"The Scottish planning process should be allowed to deliver the right outcome for the proposal."


A man convicted of beating his vulnerable friend to death and dumping his body in a wheelie bin has admitted his guilt.

Stephen Thomas Hughes has always denied murdering Owen 'Fonsie' Creaney, but was found guilty by a jury in October.
Hughes made the admission at a hearing at Belfast Crown Court on Friday, describing the attack, in 2014, as "a moment of madness".
The judge called it "a somewhat remarkable turn around".
Hughes' lawyer argued it might show a degree of remorse, even at this late stage, but agreed Hughes be sentenced on the basis of the jury's verdict to convict him and Shaunean Boyle of the murder.
He said Hughes had accepted the enormity of what he had done that evening and what flowed from his actions in the subsequent days.
A psychiatric report showed Hughes to be suffering from a severe personality and mood disorder, brought on by alcohol and drug abuse.
He and Boyle will be sentenced next Friday.
During their five-week trial, both admitted being present, but blamed each other for the violence inflicted on Mr Creaney, leaving him with over 60 injuries, including 15 fractured ribs, a broken breastbone as well as bleeding of and tearing to the brain.
Counsel for Boyle told the court she should be treated differently to Hughes given that he had lied and perjured himself in evidence to the jury and that it was he who was the killer.
They said that at the time of the attack in Hughes' Moyraverty Court home in Craigavon, Boyle was a vulnerable 21-year-old, and acting under Hughes' spell.
They also argued Boyle, from Edenderry Park in Banbridge, had now expressed remorse and regret for what happened, although he acknowledged this may not be accepted by the family.


Emirates Team New Zealand moved into a 1-0 lead over Oracle Team USA after the first two races of the America's Cup.

Skippered by Peter Burling, the Kiwis won both races in Bermuda on Saturday.
USA began the best-of-13 series with a one-point advantage after winning the earlier qualifying regatta, which was erased by New Zealand's race one win. Races three and four are on Sunday.
The final is a repeat of the last time the trophy was contested in 2013, when Team USA came from 8-1 down to win 9-8.
Four years ago, New Zealand were eventually overhauled by an Oracle team that featured Britain's Ben Ainslie as tactician in what is regarded as one of sport's great comebacks.
Ainslie's British team were knocked out at the semi-final stage this year, losing 5-2 to the Kiwis.
The America's Cup, the oldest competition in international sport, was first raced in 1851 around the Isle of Wight and has only been won by four nations.