I had just been told by (Chief of Staff) Andrew Card that America was under attack and I was collecting my thoughts. I was trying to understand exactly what it meant. President George W. Bush explains why he continued reading to schoolchildren after being informed of the September 11th, 2001, attacks.
Major operations to destroy the militia have begun. An unnamed US military spokesman as American marines move in to quell an uprising in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf.
Keep fighting even if you see me a prisoner or a martyr. God willing you will be victorious. Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urges his supporters to continue resisting US forces, even in the event of his capture.
I plan on returning. I just want to get assurances that I will not be killed in a jail. Salem Chalabi, head of the Iraqi tribunal trying Saddam Hussein, who is wanted in Iraq in connection with the murder of a finance minister, will not be extradited by British authorities.
It was dark and all the lights were out. There were no seat belts, so everyone was hurled to the front. David O'Grady, from Dalkey, Co Dublin, recalls the bus crash in Peru which killed his friend, David Scollard.
More of them are approaching the limit of human perfectibility, and one of the weird consequences is that stuff like Teflon-coated swim trunks becomes really important. I don't think it's what the Greeks had in mind. James Gleick, author of Faster: The Acceleration Of Just About Everything, says that shaving fractions of seconds off times in sporting events has robbed the Olympics of its spirit of competition.
Licking a stranger's toes is rather unusual, but there is really nothing criminal about it. A spokesman for the Dutch police, who arrested a man for licking the toes of a woman sunbathing in a Rotterdam park.
He has a real understanding of the European economy. The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern (left), on the appointment of former finance minister Charlie McCreevy as European Commissioner for the internal market.
We really do not wish to go to war with people. But, by God, we will have the strongest military around. And that's not a bad thing to have. It encourages and champions our friends that are weak and it chills the ambitions of the evil. Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, argues that the perception of America as the world's superpower acts as a deterrent
We're capable of going there in two weeks' and getting a result. Shelbourne manager, Pat Fenlon, says the Eircom League champions can reach the group stages of the Champions League after holding Spanish giants Deportivo La Coruna 0-0 in Dublin.