Mexican reporters demanded to know if Fidel Castro of Cuba had stalked out of the conference early because of pressure from the United States.

The Presidential spokesman's cell phone began ringing: reporters were demanding a response from Colom.

The day after that, angry reporters demanded to know why he'd staged a "hoax."

Showing the left's renowned ability to get a joke, one reporter earnestly demanded to know: "Did Bush mean to imply that Dukakis is anti-military?"

Some reporters apparently demanded combat pay just to interview them.

To the Editor: At last, reporters at a White House news briefing are demanding answers from the Bush administration.

A reporter demanded to know why the chief spoke "courteously, even respectfully" to the sniper.

The reporter demanded that Bush name the leaders of India, Pakistan, Chechnya, and Taiwan.

At a briefing with an American military lawyer, an Iraqi reporter demanded to know why Mr. Sivits was not being turned over to an Iraqi court.

One reporter finally demanded to know whether he had offered a Republican the Speakership.