I have authorised our military commanders in Iraq to confront Tehran's murderous activities.- US president George Bush cautions Iran to end its support for militants operating in Iraq.
A nuclear-armed Iran is for me unacceptable.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy raises the prospect of a military strike on Iran if it does not stand down its nuclear programme.
In the United States it was raised from 18 to 21 and as that happened the first most notable impact was on accidents . . . but there was a 7 per cent reduction in suicides as well . . . and the most interesting thing is it seemed to have a long-lasting effect on alcohol use.
Raising the drinking age to 21 could reduce the number of suicides in Ireland, says Prof David Schaffer, an expert in child and adolescent psychiatry from Columbia University in New York.
These weren't mistakes, they weren't carelessness. He for some reason had to do these operations and I can't understand the motivation.
Medical expert Roger Clements, on Dr Michael Neary, who needlessly removed the wombs of women at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.
The loan originations market is in the midst of the most severe dislocation it has seen in years, maybe the most severe since the 1930s.
Mark Ernst, chief executive of US accountants H&R Block, likens the credit crunch hitting global markets to the Great Depression.
We can say with certainty that it is people, not nature, that is causing global warming.
Dr John Sweeney, of the Irish Climate and Research Unit, NUI Maynooth, as data shows Ireland is warming at twice the average rate of the rest of the world.
In the name of the Latin American people, I demand that the British government return the Malvinas [ Falkland] islands to the Argentinian people.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, fielding questions on his TV show Al Presidente.
It's hell everywhere . . . I've never seen anything like it.
Costas Ladas, from Kolyri in Greece, as forest fires kill 60 people and threaten to damage the country's historic ruins.
I'm a terrible plumber. There's nothing else I could do.
Mick Jagger, after a German newspaper claims he is too old to tour.
When they got very sick and people could not look after them, they buried them.
Margaret Marabe, a health worker in Papua New Guinea, says locals with HIV/Aids are being buried alive by relatives.