Voicebox

“You can't say national security is at stake if two-or three bombs go off (in the country).”
ABDUL MANNAN BHUYAN
Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) secretary general and a minister in the BNP-led government.

“Bangladesh, as a state, is facing a crisis.”
ATAUS SAMAD
journalist and former correspondent of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

“The attack on Awami League's meeting is only a law and order issue.”
MUNWAR HUSSAIN
secretary general of Muttahida Maajlish-e Aamaal (MMA) Pakistan
MMA is one of the largest political parties in Pakistan, and runs the government in the country's North-west Frontier Province, where it has imposed a strict Sharia rule. MMA is thought to have links with the Talibans.

“Quit immediately.”
SHEIKH HASINA
president of Bangladesh Awami League and the leader of the opposition
asking the government to resign. Hasina survived an assassination attempt on August 21. "Eviction of the alliance government is the only way left to save the country and its people and to uphold the spirit of the Liberation War," she added.

“It's always nice to underpromise and overdeliver.”
JIM EASTON
vice president of American International Olympic Committee
on the Athens Olympic

“It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.”
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
New York City Mayor
announcing a plan to discourage demonstraters at the Republican National Convention from engaging in violence by promising food discounts to those who protest peacefully.

“She is good because she has a Russian coach”
SVETLANA KHORKINA
Russian gymnast and defending world champion
on Carly Patterson, the American who beat her for the Olympic gold medal in the women's all round competition.

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