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In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon

In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I do not know who has told you we have it. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells a US audience there are no gays in Iran.

I have given my evidence as honestly as I can and to the best of my ability. The human mind makes mistakes of recollections, forgets details and mingles events. That is life.

The Taoiseach on his evidence to the Mahon tribunal.

The scale may well be different from that of Mr Charles Haughey. But scale does not alter standards.

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Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny criticises the Taoiseach's financial dealings.

We've all learned in the past two days that the regime does not mean to go easily. But it's a full moon in Burma which is taken here as a sign of change, so while they are filled with fear they are also clinging to some hope.

A protester taking part in pro-democracy rallies in Burma.

It will demonstrate that humankind isn't capable of making progress only in science but also in the field of ethics.

Italian prime minister Romano Prodi appeals for a global end to the death penalty.

Please don't consider me part of the Axis of Evil.

Left-wing Bolivian president Evo Morales appearing on a US chat show.

I think that's an offensive question.

Dana Perino, White House spokeswoman, is asked if President George W Bush struggles with foreign pronunciation. Phonetic notes for Bush's speech to the United Nations were accidentally posted online.

I don't know how I'm going to feed myself.

Video game player RJ Bollard from the US who said he had 73 cents left to his name after buying the video game Halo 3.

The United States doesn't have carrots for us - only sticks.

Khalil Ibrahim, a rebel leader in Sudan, after President Bush calls for a ceasefire during peace talks next month aimed at curbing the conflict in Darfur.

I hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.

Benazir Bhutto, the exiled former prime minister of Pakistan, says her party will field a candidate against Gen Pervez Musharraf in this year's presidential elections.

Weakness and renunciation do not lead to peace. They lead to war.

Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, says Iran must not acquire nuclear weapons.

It's just a laugh and we hope people don't take it too seriously. It's just a luck-of-the-Irish thing.

Adam Perrin, a spokesman for bookmaker Paddy Power, which paid the players of the Tonga rugby to dye their hair green ahead of their World Cup clash with England.

I have done nothing illegal.

Tania Head, who claims to be a survivor of the 9/11 attacks on New York, after a newspaper discredited her story.