THIS WEEK THEY SAID

[It] is now unimaginable to many people that this court could acquit me

[It] is now unimaginable to many people that this court could acquit me. I believe that this fact seriously jeopardises the trial itself. - On trial at the UN war crimes tribunal, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic says he is the victim of a media witchhunt.

It was great while we had it, but all these things move on. - Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern at the Galway Races, where the infamous Fianna Fáil tent was conspicuous by its absence.

There is a real fear of the unknown here, and I think some patients and physicians are going to take a drug holiday. - Mark J Schoenebaum, an analyst with Deutsche Bank Securities in New York, as shares in Irish pharma company Elan plunge after two new cases of brain infection are confirmed in patients taking its Tysabri drug.

The Iraqi people need hope, and sport gives them a lot of hope. - Iraqi Cultural and Sports Committee chief Ahmed Tabour after the IOC says it will allow Iraq compete in the Olympics, despite concerns about the way its Olympic committee was appointed.

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When he was attacking him, he was calm - it was like he was at the beach . . . He was just like a robot stabbing the guy. - Garnet Caton, one of the passengers on a crowded bus in Canada who saw a man attack and decapitate a fellow traveller in an apparently random killing.

We all support the Olympics, but why are you building a wall around us? - Beijing resident Song Wei as the government there decides to block his home from public view as part of its campaign to "beautify" the city ahead of the Olympics.

They have taken this strongly homophobic stance, while at the same time they had lauded their hero, William of Orange, who was gay. - Speaking in Belfast, British gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says many unionist leaders are homophobic.

We analyze the web, not our users. Read our privacy policy for details. It's short. - The founders of CUIL, a new search engine created by former Google staff. CUIL claims it shows greater respect for user privacy than Google.