31.   Mouasher said no journalists were detained for political reasons and that most of those arrested were tried for violating the press code.

32.   Mulbah told BBC radio that the Nigerian journalists were detained only briefly, and were never assaulted.

33.   Nine Angolan journalists were detained and placed under investigation earlier this month after their radio and television stations broadcast interviews with UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi.

34.   Nine Angolan journalists were detained and placed under investigation earlier this month after their radio and tv stations broadcast interviews with UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi.

35.   On several occasions rebel Serbs have detained some journalists or confiscated their equipment.

36.   Police detained a journalist on suspicion she gave information to Tamil separatists fighting government troops, her colleagues said Tuesday.

37.   Security forces detained a journalist Tuesday and a human rights activist was reported missing as the government pushed ahead with a crackdown on opposition groups.

38.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin criticized Belarus for detaining the journalists.

39.   Security forces detained a journalist and a human rights activist Tuesday as the government pushed ahead with a crackdown on opposition groups.

40.   Security forces frequently detain foreign journalists reporting in the largely Kurdish southeast.