| "It is impossible for a couple of countries or a group of big powers to resolve all global issues."
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, rejecting the view that China and the United States—or the so-called Group of Two (G2)—will monopolize world affairs in the future when speaking to reporters after the 11th China-EU Summit in Prague, the Czech Republic, on May 20
"They (elected female parliament members) made it without organized political parties supporting them or a quota system. This is a huge leap forward for Kuwait's democracy."
Sami Al-Nisf, a newspaper columnist in Kuwait, hailing female candidates' history-making win in the Islamic emirate's parliamentary election on May 16
"Westminster cannot operate like some gentlemen's club where members make up the rules and operate them among themselves."
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, at his monthly press conference in London on May 19, after the speaker of the House of Commons resigned over an MPs' expenses scandal, which has plunged Britain into its worst political crisis in years
"We are a government that defeated terrorism at a time when others told us that it was not possible."
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, declaring victory against Tamil Tiger rebels on May 19 after his troops successfully ended a three-year bitterly fought military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
"I believe it's extremely important that we should not rely and be dependent on the (U.S.) dollar only to make our financial transactions...China has its own currency; Brazil has its own currency. We will regulate this new trade practice."
Visiting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, suggesting that China and Brazil ditch the U.S. dollar in their bilateral trading and replace it with their own currencies in his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao on May 19 | 
