Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has decried Cuba's exclusion from the summit, prompting this response from Jeffrey Davidow.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Senior arts figures take the opportunity to speak out at the awards against government cuts, prompting a response a few days later from Culture Secretary Maria Miller.

BBC: Theatre review of 2012: An Olympian year

Six other defendants were either acquitted or had the charges dropped, prompting an angry response from victims' relatives, Italian media report.

BBC: L'Aquila quake: Italy court convicts four

Griffiths asked Taylor outright whether he is guilty of the offenses in the indictment, prompting a lengthy response from Taylor on why he is not.

CNN: Charles Taylor refutes 'malicious' accusations at war crimes trial