Some say that the US president is not the type who acts based on calculations or thinks about the consequences of his action. But even these people can be brought to their senses. - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Should the Americans wish to negotiate their withdrawal from our country and leave our people to live in peace, then we will negotiate subject to specific conditions and circumstances.
Abu Salih Al-Jeelani, one of the military leaders of the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Resistance Movement, outlining the terms of a possible ceasefire.
There is a clear link between those individuals accessing child pornography and the direct sexual abuse of a child.
A statement from the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children after it emerges that the Garda did not take action last August when it was notified that computers in Ireland were involved in an alleged child pornography ring on the internet.
It is a difficult day for us. We've been here 35 years.
Pfizer spokesman Dr Paul Duffy. The pharmaceutical company says it may cut more than 500 jobs at its Cork operations by the end of next year.
We can't afford this leading up to an election. Something must give or we will suffer in June.
An unnamed Fianna Fáil TD. Backbench deputies in the party are uneasy at what they regard as Minister for Health Mary Harney's tough line on nurses' pay demands.
We are not talking about thousands of people, but maybe 100 young lions or firebrands. It's not quantity that is important here, it is intensity of views. We are at a crossroads. Let's nip it in the bud now.
Sheikh Shaheed Satardien, an influential Dublin imam, calls for fundamentalism to be rooted out before it becomes a threat to society.
I have never seen a crisis of this depth before. There seems to be no solution in sight.
John Robertson, an independent economist in Harare, as Zimbabwe's economy teeters on the brink.
It is a long way to come and this is not an easy thing to do, but I know I am not ready to have a baby.
"Rita", who travelled from Portugal to Spain for an abortion. Portugal, which has one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe, is to hold a referendum on the issue.
When war starts, and you participate in it, you will need support from anyone. There is no supermarket where you can go and choose your friends in a war.
Jalal Talabani, Iraq's Kurdish president.
We at least showed tremendous heart, spirit and fight, creating three or four chances after they scored. Thankfully we took one of them and we won the game, and now we'll keep going.
Ireland soccer manager Steve Staunton reflects on his side's 2-1 European Championship qualifier win over San Marino.
It's as shocking to me as to you guys.
Ronald Rale, an attorney for Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy model who died after collapsing in her hotel room.
Let's confront the airline question. I have an airline. I can afford to ground that airline today. My family have got businesses in mobile phones and other businesses, but if we do ground that airline today, British Airways will just take up the space.
Tycoon Richard Branson, offering a $25 million prize for scientists who find a way to help save the planet from the effects of climate change.
They are walking into speeding cars. They are walking into buses. They are walking into one another.
Declaring war on "iPod oblivion", New York state senator Carl Kruger introduces a draft law that would make it an offence for anyone to listen to an mp3 player when crossing the street.