• But refugee groups have reacted angrily, saying that the country is still in "chaos" and it is not yet safe for them to be sent home.

    BBC: Failed asylum seekers arrive home

  • On social media, many Brazilians reacted to the news saying that the country's middle classes would have to learn how to live without house maids, as has already happened in many developed countries.

    BBC: Domestic workers to get equal rights in Brazil

  • Chancellor George Osborne announced a U-turn on aviation policy in the Budget statement on 21 March, by saying that the country had to "confront the lack of capacity in the south-east of England".

    BBC: UK 'must stay competitive on air'

  • But the line of succession was muddied in the immediate aftermath of the death of Mr. Chavez, with a handful of lawmakers from the National Assembly saying that the country's constitution required legislative head Diosdado Cabello be installed as president until a vote is held.

    WSJ: Venezuela Leader Ch��vez Dies at 58

  • Mr Capriles has also focused on insecurity in the country, saying that the government has failed to put forward "a single proposal to defeat violence and give peace to Venezuela".

    BBC: Maduro and Capriles kick off Venezuelan campaign

  • Some American conservatives, however, have criticized the restoration of ties with the communist country, saying that the United States should have required the release of political dissidents.

    CNN: Pope meets with Fidel Castro in Cuba

  • By recommending a start to full negotiations, the European Commission is saying not only that it thinks the country has changed fundamentally for the better, but also that the changes will stick.

    ECONOMIST: Mikulas Dzurinda, Slovakia��s turn for the better

  • Both parties warned the government not to rig elections, saying that could be disastrous for the country.

    CNN: Pakistan boosts security for election

  • Meanwhile, Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem urged foreign oil companies to send back their workers and experts to Libya as soon as possible, saying that the situation in his country was returning to normal.

    WSJ: Mixed Mood in Libyan Capital

  • And he scorned Brazil and other allies who have called for Cuba's readmission to the Organisation of American States, saying that his country had no desire to rejoin the body from which it was suspended, at the United States's behest, in 1962.

    ECONOMIST: Cuba and the United States

  • He warned that the country could not escape the global slowdown, saying that the economy was likely to shrink for a few more quarters this year--marking the country's first economic contraction in nearly two decades--but a rebound may occur by year's end.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Zagreb-based Vjesnik quotes the prime minister as saying that the arrest vindicates Croatia, which had always maintained that Gotovina was not in the country.

    BBC: NEWS | Europe | Press show sympathy for Gotovina

  • They also preach patience to Afghans, saying that building their country from the ground up takes time.

    NPR: Westerners Play Pivotal Role in Afghan Rebuilding

  • But he reneged on that pledge, saying the country still needed strong leadership in the face of Islamic extremism.

    NPR: Musharraf Gives Up Pakistan's Top Army Post

  • There is a saying that the past is a foreign country.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The past, and the present

  • Multiple tech sites also are pointing this week to a post from Chinese tech site MyDrivers ( Google translation) which quoted sources on Apple's supply chain in that country saying the new device will have a 7.85-inch screen and be the same thickness as the iPad 2.

    CNN: More reports suggest a smaller iPad is coming

  • Mr. Sharif, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal after the vote, said he foresaw no new problems with the country's powerful military establishment, saying that the 1999 coup against him was the personal initiative of then-army chief Gen.

    WSJ: Sharif Takes Early Lead in Pakistan

  • Siegfried Hecker, a nuclear scientist based at Stanford University who has visited North Korea's nuclear facilities seven times, emphasized at a conference in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday that China is the only country that can penalize North Korea if it chooses to, saying Beijing "holds the key to the price" North Korea will pay if it moves forward with its weapons pursuit.

    WSJ: China Seeks Peacemaker Role on North Korea

  • Then a Polish minister, Elzbieta Bienkowska, was quoted as saying that "the rest of Europe is ready to conclude the budget by the end of this year and the only country that is saying 'no' is Great Britain".

    BBC: Britain lined up as Europe's fall guy

  • On Friday, Valcke again criticized Brazil's progress, saying the country is more worried about winning the World Cup that preparing for it.

    CNN: Brazil refuses to work with FIFA secretary general

  • Mr Yunus also urged global fashion brands not to abandon the country, saying that garment factory workers subcontracted to produce their clothing should be seen as de facto employees.

    BBC: Bangladesh factory collapse toll passes 1,000

  • He also urged global brands not to abandon the country, saying that the workers in the factories which often subcontract from the well-known brands should be seen as de facto employees of those companies.

    NPR: Bangladesh Fire Kills 8 As Collapse Toll Hits 930

  • Having said that, it is worth also saying that Mr Sharif is an implausible upholder of the democratic ideal, that the country now needs an impartial judiciary more than ever before, and that this episode is not the end of the story: although, at 50, Pakistan might be considered ripe for a crisis of the mid-life variety, this one had more to do with growing up than growing old.

    ECONOMIST: Showdown in Pakistan

  • "Whites take a dimmer view of Obama's effect on race relations, with a third believing that the new presidency has not changed race relations in the country and 15 percent of whites saying that Obama has made race relations worse, " Holland added.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • But she said that many people across the country had criticised Fifa's move, saying that football's world governing organisation did not own South Africa's soccer stadiums, soccer balls or vuvuzelas (a South African plastic trumpet used by football fans).

    BBC: Fifa orders South African airline to drop 'ambush' ad

  • It goes without saying that over the last 23 years, the country has never had a transparent election process.

    UNESCO: All Events | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

  • Agence France-Presse news agency quoted a Tunisian presidential source as saying that the decision had been taken by the country's government without consulting the presidency, suggesting the president had not signed an extradition decree.

    BBC: Tunisia extradites Libya ex-PM Mahmoudi

  • But when it's a matter of government policy, where the government of the country involved is saying that to sell here, you have to locate here, and give us technology -- then I'm concerned.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • The U.S. and the U.N. have faced tensions over control of Iraq, with U.N. leaders saying that once the world body returns to the country it wants more of a say in how things are run than the U.S. seemed ready to cede.

    CNN: U.N. help sought on Iraq vote

  • And, again, you only have to look at what those people are saying all around the country to know that there is great dissatisfaction with the dysfunctionality in Congress, with the failure of Congress to address the concerns that the American people have.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

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