the present perfect :
• Japan's prime minister has rejected China's demand for apology and compensation over the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain, state media reported Sunday.
• Mexican police have arrested Margarito Soto Reyes, one of the leading members of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, the government says.
the present perfect passive:
• An appraiser has been asked to report back to creditors in a month's time on whether the company should be declared bankrupt.
• Vettel, who had been expected to take his eighth pole of the season, could not match either of Alonso's two final flying laps.
the past simple passive:
• It was a outstanding effort from Alonso after he was forced to pit in the second qualifying session with an engine mapping problem that restricted him to only one fast lap in that period.
• This is not surprising really, when you consider that the Ottoman Empire's biggest minority was driven out of Anatolia in 1915 on ghastly death marches.