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Voicebox

"How, being a Muslim, Khaleda Zia gives direction for burning another Muslim to death?"
SHEIKH HASINA
prime minister
referring to the death of Faruk Hossain whose taxi-cab was set on fire on June 26 night in a pre-hartal arson attack. A daylong hartal was called by opposition leader Khaleda Zia on June 27th, 2010.

"The BG press has made the mistakes while shuffling the sets."
SAADAT HUSAIN
public service commission chairman
about the errors and inconsistencies in a set of question paper of the preliminary test for the 30th Bangladesh Civil Service.

"After that it was under construction and lots of work have been done but the lights were never turned on for practice."
ABDUR RAHMAN
national sports council director
about the inoperative indoor facility in Abahani ground since local power authority switched off lights because of unpaid bills.

"We cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country is allowed to look both ways and is able, in any way, to promote the export of terror, whether to India or whether to Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world."
DAVID CAMERON
UK prime minister
about his expectation of Pakistan, while he was on a tour to India.

"This is exciting. There's so much trouble in the world but this Saturday everything stops just for this wedding."
ANNE MCCONNELL
a over-enthusiastic spectator
about Chelsea Clinton's intensively secretive wedding

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