“We do think this will continue to spread but we are taking aggressive actions to minimize the

“We do think this will continue to spread but we are taking aggressive actions to minimize the impact on people’s health.”

Dr. Richard Besser

Acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the swine flu outbreak.

“There is widespread recognition that the world faces an unprecedented economic crisis, poor people could suffer the most and that we must continue to act in real time to prevent a human catastrophe.”

Robert Zoellick

Head of the World Bank, after urging donor nations to speed up delivery of money they pledged to poor countries reeling from recessions rooted in rich nations.