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March 19, 2004

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“And I said, ‘I don't know what it means’.”
DONALD RUMSFELD
US Defence Secretary
on being asked by a reporter whether he has lost his "mojo."

“When toilets are clean, people are happy and healthy.”
JACK SIM
President of Singapore Restroom Association
announcing a new five-star "Happy Toilet" rating campaign.

“The country needs an original one.”
KHALEDA ZIA
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
criticising former president Badrudozza Chowdhury's initiative to launch an alternative force. "The country needs an original force to run the country, it cannot be run by alternative force," she says.

“This government is fascist.”
BADRUDDOZA CHOWDHURY
Convenor of the "Alternative Stream"
after hoodlums belonging to BNP's student wing (JCD) attacked his organisation's rally in downtown Dhaka.

“We will spare none of them.”
AZIZUL BARI HELAL
General Secretary of Jatyatabadi Chatra Dal, BNP's student wing.
in an interview to the journalists on the attack on Badruddoza's rally . Helal has also stated: "JCD will duly punish them for betraying with Ziaur Rahman."

“I think that the discussion of drugs in maths is ridiculous.”
TIM YEO
Shadow Health and Education Secretary in the British Parliament
criticising a new government policy on drugs education. If the policy is implemented maths classes might include calculating how many kilos of poppies would be needed to manufacture a gram of heroin.


QUOTATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS.
Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN. Quotes can be sent to <dsmagazn@gononet.com>


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