"From a moral standpoint it would be misguided to equate the failings of a minor with those of an adult, for a greater possibility exists that a minor's character deficiencies will be reformed,"
- said US Justice Anthony Kennedy

"It's clearer than ever that obesity's impact is felt before, during and after cancer, it increases risk, makes treatment more difficult and shortens survival,"
- said Laurence Kolonel of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii (Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study)


"My four children were overjoyed at the news that I finally passed it,"
- said Cha Sa-Soon a 68-year-old woman in South Korea has passed the written test for her driving licence after 950 attempts.


"We have not done a sufficiently good job in answering three basic questions. Is it important enough to us as a country, to our security, to justify the price that our people are paying? ... is it physically doable? ... and are we doing it properly?"
- Britons are not convinced the war in Afghanistan can be won, Britain's chief of defence staff said, as two new polls showed support for the war was dwindling. Skip related content


"We will help Africa build up financing capacity. We will provide $10 billion in concessional loans to African countries."
- China's premier Wen Jiabao pledged $10 billion in low interest loans to African nations over the next three years


"I don't think (an Australian Open ban) would make much sense, because it would penalize the people handing out the punishment. For the Grand Slam committee to exclude her from a Grand Slam doesn't seem likely."
- Serena Williams will most likely receive a "significant" fine but no suspension for her U.S. Open tirade, the president of the International Tennis Federation said