At a Russian town of Orsk, near the border with Kazakhstan, ten people were killed by a blast and the regional government arrested two men for suspected of setting fire after a quarrel in a bar.
→ 2 suspects held over fatal Russian cafe fire (2007-5-16)
This is how they report the incident in Russia.
→ В Орске задержаны подозреваемые в поджоге кафе, в результате которого погибли 10 человек (2007-5-16)
What I thought was interesting is the way they present it. Namely, the news article started with the fact the police arrested the suspects. It is much the same way they do it around here in Japan -- to assert the readers that the local government indeed is doing its job and it is safe now that the residents should not worry too much about the risk of getting involved in any of that sort of incident.
The second paragraph starts with the official statements that what kind of people the suspects are. I am most amazed at this similarity at this point of how they describe the possible criminals. The age, status and gender -- and without any reference to race here, which should play a huge role in this case where ethnic conflicts killed many Russians and Armenians.
The final push they make in the third paragraph that states that the authority is still looking and that tells the readers their deep conviction of the case and on how bad the suspects are is precisely telling the readers what it is -- what it is to have authority that hold the press coverage.
