"Developing countries suffer most from rising food prices, and we the five countries have also been affected to varying degrees."

Chinese President Hu Jintao, dismissing the argument that blames the

development of big developing countries for hikes in world food prices, at a summit meeting of China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico in Japan's Sapporo on July 8

"This is a sacred moment. The two sides of the Straits are like members in one family. Flying over the Straits to Taiwan is like coming home. It feels good."

Liu Shaoyong, Board Chairman of Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines who piloted the inaugural flight of the first regular direct service between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan in almost six decades, after landing on the island on July 4

"If the agreements with the U.S., subject to ratification by the Czech parliament, becomes legally binding, and if the real deployment of the U.S. strategic missile defense system begins near our borders, then we will have to respond using not diplomacy but military-technological methods."

Statement from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after the United States and Czech Republic signed the deal on an anti-missile radar base in the European country on July 8

"It is ironic that in the 21st century, America is turning inward, uncertain whether economic engagement with Asia is in the national interest-even as Asian nations rush to conclude trade and investment agreements with one another."

U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce Christopher Padilla, at a Washington forum on July 7

"This hasn't been done before and it is a massive undertaking."

Security researcher Dan Kaminsky of IOActive, after major software and hardware makers released a software "patch" on July 8 to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web. Kaminsky stumbled upon the Domain Name System (DNS) vulnerability about six months ago