71.   Last week, a leftist Hong Kong adviser to the mainland warned that public radio should stop criticizing officials and instead promote government policies.

72.   Maqsood criticized Chinese officials in Hong Kong for discussing only one rejected visa application and said the case was hardly unique.

73.   Meanwhile, another Iranian newspaper said there was no evidence of Iranian involvement in the bombing, and criticized Saudi officials for not publicly refuting the U.S. media reports.

74.   Mahfud criticized officials for being overly sensitive to criticism and perceiving it as a threat to stability.

75.   Mothers of Palestinians held in Israeli jails criticized Palestinian officials Tuesday for failing to win the release of their sons in talks with Israel.

76.   Olympic officials had been criticized for not issuing accreditations to purely Internet companies for the Summer Games in Sydney last September.

77.   Patricia de Lille, a lawmaker from the opposition Pan Africanist Congress, criticized government officials who say they are reluctant to provide AIDS drugs because they are toxic.

78.   Police and hospital officials said he died of injuries from a traffic accident, but his family and many journalists believed he was killed because he criticized corrupt officials.

79.   President Askar Akayev has harshly criticized top officials for their handling of the March protests, and his entire Cabinet resigned over the incident last month.

80.   Protests have mushroomed and newspapers have criticized officials in ways not tolerated previously.