Dutch conservative MEP Peter van Dalen said it was time to "stop talking and move to action", claiming that biodiversity is the basis of all the EU's food products and raw materials.

BBC: Biodiversity debate

Mr Botha also cited a female witness who said that she heard "non-stop talking like fighting" between 02:00 and 03:00 on 14 February.

BBC: Oscar Pistorius case: Conflicting accounts

"The fact that the meeting went for two hours, that was because they were talking about Syria and they didn't want to stop talking about Syria, " he said.

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"The British asked us to stop talking to the media about rendition, " said my Libyan source - a request he suggested, with a smile, would probably fall on deaf ears.

BBC: UK envoy 'declines apology over Libya rendition claims'

Stop talking to her, mate, the Nether said.

NEWYORKER: Tenth of December

"I urge the United States Congress to stop talking and get an economic security bill to my desk, " Bush said.

CNN: Bush urges Americans to travel, Congress to work