11.   Israel criticised Lithuania Thursday for postponing the trial of an accused Nazi war criminal who had fled prosecution in the United States.

12.   Mielke fled prosecution after the deaths, returning to East Germany only after it became a communist state.

13.   Officials said the arrest was needed because he might try to flee prosecution.

14.   Some commentators saw it as an insult to the public figures because no one had expected them to flee prosecution.

15.   The move was unexpectedly harsh, since none of the public figures were expected to flee prosecution.