December 2010
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“When you go through what I’ve been through, you tell yourself:...”
– Laurent Gbagbo, Ivory Coast’s incumbent president referring to Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, who clung to power after losing elections.
“It took seven-and-a-half minutes to protect our country and its future.”
– Alexander Lukashenko claimed that he was saddened at having to send in riot police, but praised their tactics as he tightens his grip on power.
“Even if all the complaints made by the presidential camp were taken into account...”
– U.N. mission chief Y.J. Choi, required under peace agreements made afterIvory Coast’s 2002-2003 civil war to sign off on the election result, announced that he did not recognise Gbagbo as the winner.
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“Do you think the American diplomatic service is a crystal clean source of...”
– Vladimir Putin was asked what he thought of a US diplomatic cable issued by WikiLeaks that called him the “alpha-dog” ruler of Russia.
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“The President of the Republic will carry on guaranteeing the continuity of the...”
– Incumbent Laurent Gbagbo has been declared winner of Ivory Coast’s presidential election, but the United Nations declared it did not recognize the result and said rival Alassane Ouattara