Amr Selim in Egypt's Rose El-Youssef aims his paintbrush at public officials who lack a conscience.

"We should import from Japan," the newspaper reader says in response to the front-page story: "Japanese minister commits suicide after being convicted of corruption."

Arab foreign ministers doze off as a taped message "condemns, denounces, rejects..." Amgad Rasmi of Asharq Al-Awsat