Quotes of the Day
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
It's one of the side effects of democracy. 
- JALEEL AL SHIMARI,
- general manager of the Baghdad Health Directorate for the Karkh section, on the nearly 2,500 schools in Iraq that have closed due to swine flu fears; he says most of the closings were unauthorized
Photo: KHALIL AL-MURSHIDI / AFP / Getty | Source: New York Times