Noteable Quotes

THERE is no need to close schools or shops at the moment. – Health Minister Richard Kamwi calling on Namibians not to panic after the first two cases of swine flu were identified

TWO men lost their lives, which is a great tragedy to me. – Madonna on hearing about an accident in Marseille, France in which two men preparing the stage for her upcoming concert were killed. She cancelled the concertTHE seals need rest each day. – Dorota Valli, pro-seal campaigner after California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger cast a lifeline on Monday to a colony of federally protected harbour seals that spend their days lounging around a popular San Diego cove just before they were to be removed from the spot WHEN we met again it was like a film. We ran across the airport into each other’s arms. – Spanish Carmen Ruiz-Perez reunited with teenage sweetheart, Briton Steve Smith, now both 42, after a lost love letter was found behind a fireplace after 10 years. They first met when they were 17 and finally married after 16 yearsAGE is honourable and youth is noble. – Irish ProverbFrom the history booksSACHA Distel had ‘swing’ under his skin. – French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. French crooner Sacha Distel, whose seductive good looks won him millions of female fans around the world, died on July 22 2004