1.   The U.S. government condemned the detentions and took up the matter directly with Slobodan Milosovic, the Serb leader in Belgrade.

2.   Palestinian officials condemned the detention, and Mohammed Dahlan, the head of the Palestinian Preventive Security force in Gaza, said those responsible would be brought to justice.

3.   Pakistan also condemns the detention of Kashmiri separatist politicians and demands their immediate release, it said.

4.   International human rights groups have condemned the detentions, considered part of a crackdown on the media by President Alexander Lukashenko.

5.   International rights groups condemned his detention.

6.   Neither man has been indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal and the United Nations has condemned their detention.

7.   Neither man has been indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal and their detention has been condemned by the United Nations.

8.   Sfeir had condemned the detentions and has long called for Syria to withdraw its soldiers.

9.   Sfeir has condemned the detentions and has long called for Syria to withdraw its soldiers.

10.   The U.S. State Department condemned the detention last week.