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"Good and evil were fighting in my heart, and at last, good defeated evil."
Huang Yong,
confessed Chinese serial killer, on why he let a potential 18th victim get away

"He's just an uncomfortable man to be around."
Richard M. Nixon,
then-U.S. President, discussing Ronald Reagan, in a newly released tape of a conversation in the White House

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Saddam Captured
December 22, 2003 Issue
 

ASIA
 Indonesia: JI still going strong
 Afghanistan: Intelligence failures


RELIGION
 The lost Gospels


ARTS
 Movies: HK's film godfather
 Review: One sequel too many?


NOTEBOOK
 Taiwan: Stuck in the middle
 Japan: Searching for the stork
 Milestones
 Verbatim
 Letters


GLOBAL ADVISOR
 Holidays: Champagne supernova
 Kyrgyzstan: R and R in Bishkek
 Malaysia: Hip hotels in Langkawi


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"They will not engage in the use of force ... They are not going to war."
Junichiro Koizumi,
Japan's Prime Minister, announcing his Cabinet's decision to deploy noncombat troops in Iraq

"No country ... no matter how it tries to scare or block us, can stop [us] from holding the referendum."
Chen Shui-bian,
Taiwan's President, rebuffing U.S. President George W. Bush's opposition to a possible plebiscite in Taiwan

"I can still hear her screams."
Musarrat Sahu, Pakistani father who strangled his daughter to death for falling in love with the son of a feuding branch of their family

"It could be extremely upsetting for a child who does not receive the requested presents to believe that s/he has been too naughty."
Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa,
on why it forbade the country's post office from inviting children to write to Santa Claus

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