“However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalise a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.”
UK prime minister Tony Blair interviewed as part of a campaign to get women to vote (Cosmopolitan, London, April 2005)
“I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed.”
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Michael Howard, leader of the UK’s opposition Conservative party, saying he would consider lowering the time limit on abortion from 24 weeks to 20 weeks (Cosmopolitan, London, April 2005)
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Emily Dickinson’s poetry translated into geek-speak for a computer game based on the life of the 19th-century American poet by Will Wright, creator of The Sims (Wired News, 10 March)
“New manhole covers will be made of materials that have no recycling value.”
Wang Xin of Beijing city council explains measures to end the theft of the city’s manhole covers, 240,000 of which have been stolen for scrap (Reuters, 14 March)
“I almost feel like she’s a real person. She has a temper …and she sometimes makes mistakes, especially when she has low energy.”
Hiroshi Kobayashi from the Tokyo University of Science empathises with his new robotic receptionist Saya (The Washington Post, 12 March)
“We neither seek an atomic bomb, nor want it, nor is it to our benefit, and we consider it to be against our security.”
Iran’s nuclear negotiator Sirus Nasseri insists again that the country’s nuclear programme is peaceful (Tehran Times, 15 March)
