11.   An international journalists group has asked President Chandrika Kumaratunga to stop police raids on offices of newspapers that published articles critical of her government.

12.   Following the death of Cabezas, who worked for the newsweekly magazine Noticias, several journalist groups demanded the government thoroughly investigate the slaying.

13.   He has had no contact either with a lawyer or his colleagues, according to the French-based journalist rights group Reporters Without Borders.

14.   Hong Kong should have laws to protect freedom of public access to information because the government has become less open under Chinese rule, a journalist group said Sunday.

15.   In a letter to Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, the Paris-based journalist advocacy group Reporters Without Borders protested the shooting and demanded an inquiry.

16.   Information Minister Marwan Mouasher disagreed with the journalists group.

17.   Jesus de la Serna, head of the Federation of Press Associations and the journalist group Josep Maria Llado also labeled the dismissal as political.

18.   Journalist group condemns murder of Serbian newsman.

19.   Journalists rights groups protested the Kroll announcement, saying the investigation was incomplete.

20.   The editors said they would not comply, and journalists groups condemned the police action.