1.   A group of United States and German diplomats attempted to observe the rally, but were turned away and several foreign and local journalists were briefly detained.

2.   The Russian authorities confirmed Friday that they had detained a journalist who was reporting from Chechnya for Radio Liberty.

3.   Two journalists have been detained in the last three days for venturing too close.

4.   Police detained the journalist at the funeral.

5.   Palestinian police detained nine journalists who had covered pro-Iraq demonstrations on Friday in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

6.   A journalist was detained by police for nine hours on suspicion that she gave information to Tamil separatists fighting government troops, her colleagues said Tuesday.

7.   A statement said one journalist was also detained by police for allegedly assaulting officers.

8.   A third journalist was detained for few days last month.

9.   An Associated Press journalist was detained by the military for two hours Wednesday afternoon for taking pictures of the fighting.

10.   And three journalists were detained in Gambia late in the month.