Quotes of the week from arond the world...
What we must now do is create an economy that combines the features of an attractive home for innovative multinationals while also being a highly-attractive incubation environment for entrepreneurs. - Brian Cowen
If the trend continues . . . we are going to have a major crisis. - Chris Weafer of Moscow brokerage Uralsib says plummeting oil prices could have dire consequences for the recently-booming Russian economy.
This is Bush trying to leave a legacy that supports his ideology. - Gary Bass of Washington think-tank OMB Watch as the outgoing president moves to dismantle environmental safeguards in what is seen as a boon to the oil and gas industries.
I left my car running because it's cold outside and I didn't want my dog to freeze.The next thing I knew, I looked up to see my van coming at me in the window. - Bryan Maher, a van driver in New York, whose dog 'Bentley' managed to drive the vehicle through the front of a restaurant.
Today we have 1,800 legal handguns . . . in three years' time that number could exceed 4,000 and rising. This is completely unacceptable. - Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern.
It's three times the size of an aircraft carrier. - Nathan Christensen, of the US Fifth Fleet, describing the Saudi-owned oil tanker seized by Somali pirates this week.
Reviewing Chinese Democracyis not like reviewing music. It's more like reviewing a unicorn. - Rock journalist Chuck Klosterman can hardly believe his ears as, after 14 years in the making, the new Guns 'n' Roses album is finally released.