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Hizbullah's flags will not fly on our borders again. We must win this

Hizbullah's flags will not fly on our borders again. We must win this. Amir Peretz, Israel's defence minister, as the conflict in Lebanon intensifies.

We cannot just watch these shells as they burn our brothers in Gaza and Lebanon and stand by idly, humiliated.

Ayman al-Zawahri, al-Qaeda's second in command, vows to punish Israel.

Hi, my name is Danny. I'm an officer in Israeli military intelligence. In one hour we will blow up your house.

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A call received by Mohammed Deep, a resident of Gaza city, where Israel has stepped up its offensive. Within an hour, a helicopter gunship destroyed Deep's four-storey home.

It is regrettable that it has taken so long to heal old wounds and to reunite the party. In a spirit of reconciliation similar to the peace process on this island, I am glad that the hand of friendship is being extended by both sides and that we can close this long division in our shared history.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, as Fianna Fáil moves to close the rift with the Blaney family in Donegal.

In my wildest hopes, I could only have dreamed of a discovery as fragile and rare as this.

Director of the National Museum of Ireland Dr Pat Wallace after the discovery of an early Christian manuscript in a midlands bog.

I hope that none of the colleagues will ever need treatment which does not yet exist for dementia and Alzheimer's. These are treatments which could be made possible by research with stem cells.

Portuguese science minister José Mariano Gago urges the EU to fund stem cell research. In the face of opposition from Poland, Austria and others, the EU decided to back such research.

I ask you, being an Iraqi person, that if you reach a verdict of death, execution, remember that I am a military man and should be killed by firing squad and not by hanging as a common criminal.

Saddam Hussein, on trial in Baghdad, asks for a soldier's death.

The Government shouldn't add to booms.

ESRI economist Dr Alan Barrett recommends the Government slows the pace of public spending.

They can pick and choose some battles, but they cannot take over this country again.

Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the Taliban cannot overthrow the US-backed administration in Afghanistan.

In an obese person, because the ultrasound beam does not get to the organs or get to them adequately enough, we cannot get a picture.

Dr Raul Uppot, a US radiologist, says many Americans are now too fat to be X-rayed.

At some point, the DUP will decide to engage. What they want now is to engage on their own terms, but they can't have that.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams says the DUP should not be allowed delay the Northern peace process.

No - come on man.

Floyd Landis, winner of the Tour de France, is asked whether he is a cheat. He failed a drugs test this week.

It gives our soldiers a special spirit of firmness when we hand them Kalashnikov rifles that replace old 1940s guns.

President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, which has struck a multibillion euro arms purchase deal with Russia.