Press fury over siege bloodbath
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The Russian authorities come under a torrent of press criticism for their alleged incompetence in the Beslan siege.
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Political standoff erupts into violence as police use live rounds and teargas to snuff out protest plans
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi denounced as &quot;repugnant&quot; the ordeal of British hostage Kenneth Bigley at the hands of Islamic extremists, and criticised the way the media has covered the story.
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Call it what you want, but publishing the picture of the downed victim is nothing but sensationalism. It is only exceeded by your arrogance in your weak explanation to your readers.  Richard Bateman  Magna  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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French media and authorities expressed anger on the weekend at an unofficial mission to free two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq more than six weeks ago which came up empty-handed after promising imminent success.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair described his disgust at photos showing abuse of Iraqi civilians, as news of the courts martial of soldiers accused of carrying out the abuse stunned and shamed the nation.
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Police raid on reporter's home seen as retaliation for story.
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The home of prime minister and the office of the president were attacked today as factional fighting intensified.
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Tragic, despicable, inhumane, cowardly,  barbaric, evil, and astonishing -- the deaths of a hundred or  more people including children in a siege in Russia sparked  strong words for the hostage-takers from world leaders.
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Grief-stricken mothers and fathers trudged through mud and rain on Monday to bury children slaughtered in a Russian school siege as criticism mounted over the way the Kremlin handled the crisis.
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Residents of the Russian town of Beslan,  scene of a hostage bloodbath at a school last year, took to the  streets on Friday to protest at what they consider an official  cover-up of the tragedy.
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Â· Fears for press as aides talk of 'creeping coup'Â· Leader deploys new team to counter rising criticism
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The capital of an Afghanistan&#39;s western province was engulfed in tension as demonstrators loyal toformer governor of Herat province looted and burned local army barracks and UN
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LONDON -- Graphic photographs of British soldiers allegedly abusing Iraqi prisoners were splashed across Britain's newspapers yesterday, stunning the nation and drawing comparisons to last year's Abu Ghraib scandal involving US troops.
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There&#39;s all that shooting, for one thing. Stuff blowing up. People getting maimed and killed. All of which is pretty bad. But what&#39;s even worse is that the soldiers cuss.
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The killing of 14 Hamas militants in an Israeli attack on Monday night draws fierce condemnation in Palestinian papers. Some assess the attack as revenge for the bus bombings in Beersheba at the end of August
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As the death toll among former hostages climbed above 320 yesterday, there were conflicting accounts of how the three-day seizure of a Russian school erupted into its bloody denouement.