"Today's announcements are tangible results that flow from the historic decisions taken by Libya's leadership to renounce terrorism and weapons of mass destruction."

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, announcing the U.S. decision to restore full diplomatic relations with Libya and remove the country from a list of terrorism sponsors

"The work is not over, and not only within customs."

Russian President Vladimir Putin, after firing the head of the Federal Customs Service as part of his anti-corruption pledges

"Any offer requiring us to suspend our peaceful nuclear activities will be invalid." 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

"We feel shock, dismay and anger over the daily reports of the discovery of unidentified corpses and those of others killed.''

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, urging Iraq's feuding factions to unite against surging crime and terrorism

"It is important to keep your promise no matter under what precondition. But for the Taiwan leader, after he made a promise, he tried to break it again."

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, testifying in a House of Representatives hearing wherehe blamed Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian for abandoning hispromises not to promote"independence" of the island