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'There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse.' WILLIAM CALLEY, former U.S. Army lieutenant, offering his first public apology for his role in the 1968 My Lai massacre

'There's something about August going into September where everybody in Washington gets all wee-weed up.' BARACK OBAMA, chiding opponents for doubting his Administration's plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system

'This makes us a laughingstock.' ASHLI CHIN, a resident of Kuala Lumpur, on a Malaysian court's decision to cane a Muslim woman, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno (right), for drinking beer; the outcry over the verdict spurred the...

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