As the crisis deepens the Greek chorus is in full cry.

BBC: Europe's dangerous days

The Communists, of course, led by Gennady Zyuganov, are in full cry and wondering whether, for the first time since communism fell, to take a batch of ministries under Mr Chernomyrdin.

ECONOMIST: Meltdown in Russia

So when you see the press in full cry over some drug the question to ask is this: Is this medicine a genuine threat, or has it simply lost its star billing?

BBC: The drugs we love to hate

Israeli hardliners are in full cry.

ECONOMIST: Carnage in Jerusalem

Their friends in the press, especially in the Prisa group which owns, among other organs, Spain's best-selling newspaper, El Pais, are in full investigative cry.

ECONOMIST: Spain