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March 26, 2004

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“My position is the same.”
JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO
on Spanish radio station Onda Cero. Zapatero refused an appeal by George W Bush, in which the beleaguered US president requested his Spanish counterpart not to pull the Spanish troops out of Iraq.

“By pen and gun, by word and bullet, by tongue and teeth.”
One of the mottoes of
AL-QAEDA

“Crush the hands of the conspirators.”
BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA
Prime Minister of Bangladesh

“Is Khaleda Zia a democracy lover and was she ever?”
ABDUL JALIL
Awami League Secretary General
refuting allegations that his party has been hatching conspiracy against the BNP led government.

“These guys are the most crooked, you know lying group I've ever seen.”
JOHN KERRY
Democratic Presidential candidate
on his republican critics.

“Having this falsehood printed in our elementary-school textbooks is probably the main cause of the misconception being so widely spread.”
THE BEIJING TIMES
on a decision by Chinese officials to rid textbooks of the longstanding mythical claim that the Great Wall of China can be seen from space.


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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