1.   The confessions were broadcast by the government-run television shortly after the interior minister, Prince Nayef, announced the arrests.

2.   Algerian state television on Monday broadcast the confession of an Islamic militant claiming responsibility for the killing of a close ally of the president.

3.   By early evening, the network had broadcast their confessions three times on its main channel.

4.   Early in the trial Naseri complained when confessions of two defendants were broadcast on television.

5.   Iranian state television has broadcast the confessions of two defendants, who said they were trained and paid by Israel to gather secrets in Iran.

6.   It said their confessions would be broadcast later Friday on Iraqi television.

7.   It said their confessions would be broadcast on Iraqi television networks later Friday.

8.   Prince Nayef made the announcement on state television, which later broadcast recorded confessions by the four men.

9.   Questions about fairness increased when state television broadcast confessions from two of the defendants.

10.   State television also broadcast confessions from two of the defendants after months in jail.