We want to achieve economic and political independence and raise the competence of our security forces without turning into a security state.
Iraq's prime minister Ibrahim Jafari appeals for international help in fighting insurgents.
In seven years I have never drawn a wage from Leas Cross. I reinvest the profits.
John Aherne, owner of the controversial Leas Cross nursing home, Swords, Co Dublin.
It's said that being rich doesn't make people happy, but Ireland's experience shows that it definitely helps and quite a lot.
Prof Wil Arts, the Dutch author of a new report that reveals the Irish are among the happiest people in Europe.
I think sometimes if he's late for something it can be a little irritating, but they support his work wholeheartedly, as do the rest of us.
U2 manager Paul McGuinness, asked whether the other band members ever get "cheesed off" with Bono's work for the developing world.
Judge Morris seems to be convinced that this was a motor vehicle accident but this is not in keeping with the forensic evidence.
Dr Jim McDaid appears to shed doubt on the accepted theory that Donegal cattle dealer Richie Barron died in a hit-and-run accident.
This act of evil defies comprehension. It was an unimaginable loss. It was your loss. It was our nation's loss, make no mistake.
Paul Martin, prime minister of Canada, addresses a service in Cork to mark the 20th anniversary of the Air India disaster, in which 329 died. Many of the victims were Canadian.
I'm glad to be here, in general, because when the Live Aid concert happened 20 years ago, I was pretty much a self-obsessed drug addict.
Elton John explains why he is pleased to be taking part in Live 8.
The American people know why I nominated him - because the UN needs reform, and I thought it made sense to send a reformer to the United Nations.
George Bush is adamant John Bolton should become US ambassador to the UN, despite Capitol Hill opposition.
You could fit a Volkswagen in that thing.
Ian Michaels, a spokesman with New York's Department of Environmental Protection, on the 20ft by 15ft chasm that has appeared in the middle of the city's Midtown section. The crater formed after underground water damage.
Finally, finally, finally. This certainly sends a message, I think, to the criminals and to the thugs that justice reigns in Neshoba County.
Jim Prince, editor of the Neshoba Democrat, after a jury found Edgar Ray Killen (80) guilty of manslaughter of three civil-rights workers in Mississippi 41 years ago.
I'll have about 10 double vodkas. Then I'm pretty much KO'd. But if I'm in London, the club owners give me free bottles of champagne. I hate champagne. I still drink it, though.
Charlotte Church, the singer and occasional tearaway.