41.   Hours before the queen arrived, a top Russian diplomat quoted by Interfax news agency issued a scathing attack on British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd.

42.   In a television interview, Zych launched a scathing attack on candidates who had floated the possibility of dissolving parliament if elected.

43.   In a scathing attack published by Xinhua, Beijing accused Lee of plotting since his student days of creating an independent Taiwan.

44.   In the leaflets, the group launched a scathing attack on the self-rule authority.

45.   Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Western culture and charged the United States was at the root of all corruption.

46.   Amnesty International issued a scathing attack Wednesday on human rights abuses in China as it launched a campaign to encourage international businesses to take up the issue as well.

47.   An official Iraqi newspaper on Monday predicted that the opposition would soon seize power in Tehran and launched a scathing attack on neighbouring Iran.

48.   But in a scathing attack from the China Tibetology Research Centre, Beijing accused him of working to divide the motherland.

49.   Casto returned unexpectedly to Havana late Thursday after delivering a scathing attack on international capitalism.

50.   Casto returned unexpectedly to Havana on Thursday after delivering a scathing attack on international capitalism.