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DR. SHIGERU OMI,
WHO regional director, after lifting the SARS travel warning to Beijing on June 24

"I'm a bit apprehensive. I've just been to the bathroom three times."

DAVID HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS,
British balloonist, before embarking on a solo trans-Atlantic crossing. He is hoping to set a distance record

"It's like Elvis. There's a lot of sightings of him all over the place."

ABDULLAH II,
King of Jordan, on reports that Saddam and his sons may still be alive

"What happened was an earthquake—a really big earthquake."

MOHAMMED SAEED AL-SAHHAF,
Former Iraqi Information Minister, describing the fall of the Iraqi regime in a television interview

"Gang rape shows the people who do it are still vigorous, and that is okay."

SEIICHI OTA,
Japanese lawmaker and former Cabinet minister, referring to the recent arrests of five university students for gang rape

"I hope so, because I became president and she has not yet."

CORAZON AQUINO,
Former Philippine President, when asked if her memoir would be better than the book by U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton