"We don't think isolation is the best way if you want change in any country."

"We don't think isolation is the best way if you want change in any country."
Joachim Chissano
President of Mozambique, who chairs the African Union, regarding whether to reinstate Zimbabwe as a Commonwealth summit opens with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe excluded.
"In my view, an Islamic state can be set up in Iraq, but it will be ... an Islamic state that's open toward other civilizations."
Mohammed Taqi al-Modaresi
Grand ayatollah, a senior cleric from the holy city of Karbala.
"It looks like an emperor's crown."
Factory worker Wang Qiuyan
Of the $12 million convention hall built for a Miss World pageant in poor Sanya, China.