1.   His decree detonated street protests and scathing editorials.

2.   A Saudi-owned newspaper, Asharq al-Awsat, published a scathing editorial Tuesday criticizing the corruption in Egyptian bureaucracy, which it blamed for the collapse.

3.   But scathing editorials from opposition groups and the Association of Surinamese Journalists, appearing in weekend newspapers, accused the government of blatant censorship.

4.   In response, Beijing tested missiles in the seas off Taiwan, fired barrages of scathing editorials against Lee and pressured other governments to keep the island isolated diplomatically.

5.   Scathing editorials in newspapers accuse the government of betraying the fighters by heeding U.S. calls for withdrawal.