| "A design fault was mostly to blame for Mattel's recall of millions of products, as a result of its negligence in quality control over the products provided by overseas suppliers."
A Canadian engineer, in a letter to Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
"They seem to be hiding nothing in our discussions with them."
U.S. Representative Ike Skelton, D-Mo., Chairman of
the House Armed Services Committee, after heading a group of seven U.S. lawmakers to tour a naval destroyer in China and visit the country's strategic missile command in August
"We are at a stage to reach decisions."
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly tackled the core issues that have tormented Mideast peacemakers for decades-Palestinian refugees, final borders and the fate of Jerusalem-during their meeting in Jerusalem on August 28
"We, with the help of regional friends and the Iraqi nation, are ready to fill this void."
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announcing in an August 28 news conference in Tehran that the Islamic Republic is ready to fill a vacuum in Iraq caused by the collapsing power of the United States
"Some U.S. legislative proposals seem to be based on a presumption that trade retaliation is an effective strategy; however, economic history suggests otherwise."
St. Louis Fed President William Poole, warning that barriers to commerce can backfire and hurt the economy when attending a meeting of Fed chiefs from Dallas, St. Louis and Atlanta in Biloxi, Mississippi, on August 25
"A few foreign investors in China simply focus on cutting costs and neglect requirements on product security, environmental protection and the security of staff."
Vice Minister of Commerce Wei Jianguo, urging foreign investors in China to pay more attention to environmental protection and energy conservation at a forum on the social responsibility of foreign-funded enterprises in Beijing on August 27
"We oppose the notion of that kind of a referendum because we see that as a step toward the declaration of ‘independence of Taiwan,' an alteration of the status quo."
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, opposing Taiwan authorities' attempt to push for a plan of referendum on the island's entry into the United Nations in the name of Taiwan, in an interview with Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV on August 27 | 
