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"We know now there were no weapons of mass destruction over there. But Coretta knew, and we knew, that there are weapons of misdirection right down here."
REVEREND JOSEPH LOWERY, American Methodist minister, criticizing U.S. President George W. Bush for the war in Iraq and America's problems with poverty and racism, in his eulogy at the funeral of Coretta Scott King

"Since the day of the operation I have had a face like everybody else ... I want to resume a normal life."
ISABELLE DINOIRE, the world's first recipient of a partial face transplant, appearing before reporters for the first time since her operation last November

"This latest outbreak confirms that no country is immune to H5N1. Every country is at risk. Every country must prepare."
DR. LEE JONG-WOOK, World Health Organization director general, in a statement to the media following reports that tens of thousands of poultry had died of avian flu in northern Nigeria, marking the first time the virus has been found in Africa

"I am here because I want a change in my country. I have never been employed in my life. That is the change I want."
BARRETT KAJUSTE, 49-year-old Haitian man, after walking an hour in order to vote in Haiti's presidential election last week

"The Body of Christ ... exists across history and we therefore share the shame and the sinfulness of our predecessors."
ROWAN WILLIAMS, Archbishop of Canterbury, speaking before the General Synod of the Church of England voted last week on a motion to apologize for the Church's role in sustaining the 18th century slave trade. The motion passed unanimously