21.   Spanish officials and press comment expressed disappointment that the EU had not satisfied Spanish demands that economic sanctions be applied against Canada.

22.   That was a view that echoed local press comment which suggested that the killing coincided with a return of enthusiasm for sport in the streets of Algiers.

23.   The choice of the Social Democratic Party chairman to lead a bizarre left-right alliance has attracted a lot of adverse press comment.

24.   The dollar plummeted early on Thursday morning on press comment in Japan that the Japanese finance ministry would seek to end a policy to keep the yen weak.