all the witness reports we do receive suggest that there are massacres going on, that people are being eliminated, that there is ethnic cleansing going on. |
Because of the regional context, because of where they come from, because of the complexity of the issue, without a strong commitment of the international community the Afghans know that they cannot do it themselves. |
Definitely, that means that 2,700 will be losers, [obviously]. Now, how and if they will accept the result of the ballot, that is something that is still under discussion, due also to the cultural [complexity] of the Afghan society. |
He has a different way of dealing with things and people, but he has demonstrated he can be very stubborn in his decisions. When he decides something, he definitely goes forward. |
I hope that Berlusconi ... will not turn the Brussels summit into yet another opportunity for a brawl. |
I invite him to keep control of himself and to represent Italy in a dignified way. |
I think that public schools should not be allowed to teach any religion. The question is not whether to teach Islamic religion, but that we shouldn't teach the Catholic one either. |
landmark in a very difficult fragile development towards democracy. |
No one has left to flee the bombings, all I have spoken to have been expelled by force...we are faced with mass deportation, |
The counting process will be quite long, and [will] then [be followed by] the preliminary [confirmation] of members [of parliament] selected. But then many [candidates] will definitely appeal [against] the results, so we will have a long period of appeals, that's why the final results will not be known before, I imagine, before the end of October. |
The problem is getting power within the political parties - otherwise, we're not going anywhere. |
The states who prevented a force being deployed are an international scandal... an international disgrace, ... How can I tell them the Security Council doesn't see... doesn't listen... doesn't care. |
The states who prevented a force being deployed are an international scandal...an international disgrace, ... How can I tell them the Security Council doesn't see...doesn't listen...doesn't care. |
While many polling stations around the country opened late -- and maintaining the secrecy of the vote was not always achieved -- polling procedures were generally followed by election officials. |