GEORGE BUSH SAYS...

"I commit to you once again that my government will help achieve a dream, a dream that you have, and the truth of matter is, a dream that the Israelis have, which is two states [Israel and Palestine] living side by side in peace,"

Bush told Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president.

AL-HAJJ, AL-JAZEERA CHANNELS' CAMERAMAN SAID ...

Al-Hajj - Al-Jazeera channel's cameraman who was abducte dby Pakistan officials and handed over to the US on charges of helping armed groups

"In Guantanamo ... rats are treated with more humanity. But we have people from more than 50 countries that are completely deprived of all rights and privileges. And they will not give them the rights that they give animals," he said, after his release from the US prison in Guantanamo.

CONDOLEEZZA RICE SAID...

US Secretay of State, Condoleezza Rice said to Arab states, who she said are not doing enough for Palestinina cause

"Countries that have resources and that have an interest in the establishment of a Palestinian state need to put those resources at use now in order to lay the groundwork for the establishment of that state,"

GEORGE BUSH SAYS ...

"I think more needs to be done and so today I'm asking Congress to provide an additional $770m to support food aid and development programmes. The American people are generous people and compassionate people. We believe in the timeless truth, to whom much is given, much is expected."

said to the US Congress to approve $770m food aid for the current food crisis in the world.

EHUD OLMERT SAID...

Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert said

"The state of Israel and the government deeply regret that civilians not involved [in the violence] are affected and even more so when it concerns a mother and her four children,"

he said in a weekly cabinet meeting after the death of four children adn their mother in an Israeli attack on Gaza strip.

KPS GILL SAID...

IHF Chief KPS Gill said

''(MS) Gill is an Akali and pro-Khalistan and is against me because I had wiped out the Khalistan movement.''

against the Sports Minister MS Gill demanded his ouster following K Jothikumaran - IHF Secretary - was caugtht in a sting operation by a television channel accepting bribe for including a player in the team

SHOAIB AKHTAR SAID...

Shoaib Akhtar tendered an apology to the fans, PCB officials which read

''I would like to apologise from the bottom of my heart for any grief or embarrassment that may have been caused to the nation, particularly to the PCB chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf. I have resolved to alter my habits to refrain from such incidents in future and I will obey the PCB rules and regulations,''

Abid Hasan Minto - Akhta's lawyer - said while reading out the pacer's statement.

GEORGE W BUSH SAYS...

US President George W. Bush

"I assured the president that a Palestinian state's a high priority, for me and my administration, a viable state, a state that doesn't look like Swiss cheese, a state that provides hope,"

Bush said in a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House.

SUDAN'S FORMER MINISTER SAYS...

Mohamed Ali al-Mardi, Sudan's former justice minister

"The UN want to dramatise the situation so as to raise up funds. This is the only way to raise up funds from donors and charitable communities - by giving them a very dramatic picture about the situation in Darfur."

after John Holmes, the UN humanitarian chief, reported to the UN Security Council that as many as 300,000 people have died of war, famine and disease in Darfur region.

MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS...

Ministry of Extern Affairs spokesman

“Neither country needs any guidance on the future conduct of bilateral relations as both countries believe that engagement and dialogue alone lead to peace.”

after US State Department Deputy Spokesman Tom Casey’s remarks to pursue Iran to fall in line with UN Security Council's demands.

MS GILL SAYS...

Union Sports Minister MS Gill

“Since yesterday, I have agonised long over the IHF. It’s recent disaster in Chile is still fresh in every Indian’s mind. Now, trust and faith in fair selection is shaken. I believe in the totality of the situation, the IHF president must also introspect and review his position,”

after IHF secretary-general K.Jothikumaran was caught in a 'sting' allegedly accepting a bribe for a player's selection.

JACK CAFFERTY, CNN COMMENTATOR...

Jack Cafferty CNN's commentator said Chines products are "Junk" and Chinese as

"They are basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years."

GOPINATH MUNDE SAYS ...

Gopinath Munde

"My anger is against the manner in which the party was functioning and not against the appointment of Madhu Chavan,"

after his resignation due to 'undemocratic functioning' in the BJP

PRACHANDA SAYS ...

Communist Party of Nepal Chief Prachanda indirectly warns King Gyanendra of Nepal

"He should understand and respect the people's verdict and what the people want and leave the palace voluntarily. In history, monarchs have been beheaded and also had to flee. Let that not be repeated in Nepal. Nepalese people will forgive him no matter what he has done in the past."

to a state run television channel, after his party's overwhelming show at the Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal.

NALINI SRIHARAN AFTER MEETING PRIYANKA...

Nalini Sriharan, after she met Priyanka Vadra at Vellore prison in Tamil Nadu on 19th March

"I feel all my sins have been washed off by Priyanka's visit...I feel she has pardoned me by calling on me at the prison.... I am indebted to her all my life,"

She has been a key conspirators in Rajiv Gandhi assasination case. The only surviving member of the killer squad, had been sentenced to death. But after Sonia Gandhi pleaded for clemency for the sake of Nalini's then five-year-old daughter, her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

SPORTS MINISTER GILL SAID...

The Sports Minister MS Gill

''It's their moment and VIPS, ministers, politicians or people from the entertainment industry have little right to carry the torch. It belongs to sportspersons.''

has asked the celebrities and the politicians of the country to keep out of the relay of Beijing Olympics to be scheduled in New Delhi. He has told them that the athletes of the nation has the first right to carry the Olympic torch.

MAYAWATI UNVEILING HER STATUE

Mayawati, UP Chief Minister

"The Congress has been spending hundreds of crores of rupees to build memorials like Rajghat and other institutions in the name of its leaders on sprawling lands acquired in the most prime area of New Delhi; but when I sought to do the same for Ambedkar, leaders of the Congress and Samajwadi Party got together to condemn and criticise me"

after unveiling her own statue alongwith that of Kanshiram and B.R.Ambedkar on his 117th birth anniversary at Lucknow

INDIA WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO PRESSURE...

External Affiars Minister, Pranab Mukherjee

"Despite the Taliban attack, India will remain firm on its stand and not succumb to the pressures of the militia"

After killing of three Indian Border Roads Organisation personnel in Minar area in Nimroz province of Afghanistan.

ABDUL WAHAB SAID ...

Indian Muslim League MP Abdul Wahab

"There is no question of any apology from my side. I have done nothing wrong"

after he was accused of allegedly using foul language against an Air India pilot

JIMMY CARTER ON NEPAL ELECTIONS

Former US President Jimmy Carter on Nepal General elections at Kathmandu.

"I am really very excited by this election. Nepali people are deciding for their future by participating in the election and expressed confidence that a new Nepal would be formed after it,

Sporadic incidents of violence are common during the time of a historic change"

He is in Nepal leading a 60 member team of election obeservers. Carter Center, the organization he founded along with his wife Rosalynn in 1982 has already observed 70 elections in various countries.