Monday, May 18, 2009
“I know you have many questions but I need some more time to think about what happened to me over the past couple of days.”
American journalist Roxana Saberi
In Austria after being freed from an Iranian prison on spying charges.
“He’s a very peace-loving person, well-meaning, forgiving, mild-mannered. He meant the very best for her. ... I don’t think he could have foreseen that it was going to be such a mess ....”
Betty Yettaw
Speaking about her husband, John Yettaw, who is accused of swimming to the home of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The act prompted the government to level new charges against the Nobel laureate, who is under house arrest.