05 May, 2006
7:07 PM
WASHINGTON : The United States decided to bar a stopover by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on his way to Latin America to avoid angering China, whose backing for UN action against Iran is critical, analysts said. Chen instead made transit stops in Abu Dhabi and Amsterdam en route to Paraguay and Costa Rica, two of only 25 nations that recognise Taiwan diplomatically. - AFP /ct
that poor chap.
Inspiring Words
"The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident."
- Charles Lamb (1775-1834)
"It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place."
- Abigail Van Buren
"Just because you love someone doesn't mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds."
- Hugh Elliott
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself."
- Oscar Wilde
"The best thing about pain, it tells you you're not dead yet."
- the movie G.I. Jane
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need."
- Kahlil Gibran
"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in
you."
- Dale Carnegie
"Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear."
- William Shakespeare
