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The United States is committed to seeing India prosper (but) this cannot be done if India continues to maintain a closed market. US trade representative, Charlene Barshevsky asking the WTO to address Washingtons concerns regarding the phase-out of Indias quantitative restrictions, as reported in The Observer of Business and Politics

Let both of us, Paswan and me, resign our respective seats and face the peoples court. Bihar chief minister, Laloo Prasad Yadav, challenging railway minister, Ram Vilas Paswan to resign from the Lok Sabha, as reported in The Indian Express

This is my pledge to you, and to the world, that starting today, we begin a quiet revolution in the United Nations. The reforms I am proposing are bold reforms. They are the most extensive and far-reaching reforms in the 52-year history of our organisation. Kofi Annan, UN secretary general, as reported by AFP

I put the interests of my country, my people, above everything else. Above politics, above my boss, Ranariddh. I still respect him, but the interests of the country dictate that Cambodia must go on. Ung Huot, who replaces Prince Norodom Ranariddh, as reported by The Times of India

Neither the team management nor the BCCI have clamped a media ban. What I have told some mediamen is to steer clear of controversies. I appreciate that the media have a job to do...However, even the players have a duty to perform and it would be helpful if they avoid controversies that could have a direct bearing on their performance. Ratnakar Shetty, manager of the Indian team for the Asia Cup, as reported by several newspapers