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"I think it (the draft position paper) will not be passed in this meeting. This proposal contradicts the existing ICC constitution."
AHM MUSTAFA KAMAL
Vice-president of International Cricket Council
Said the controversial draft position paper proposing two-tier Tests would be rejected in the coming ICC board meeting

" I wish to make it known that I have ended my partnership with Valerie Trierweiler."
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE
French President
Told AFP over the phone confirming split with his longstanding partner Valerie Trierweiler

" Now that India itself is going for elections, the PML-N government thinks it is a good time for closing the deal with the Congress-led government."
THE DAWN
A leading Pakistani Daily
Commented on Pakistan government's consideration on reinstating MFN status for India   

"I must say, I'm perplexed by claims I occasionally hear that somehow America is disengaging from the world – this myth that America is pulling back, or giving up or standing down. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth."
JOHN KERRY
US secretary of state
While defending US's foreign policy amid criticism

"This sanction is a very strong message to people blocking the joint efforts of the African Union, the United Nations and the European Union to re-establish stability in the Central African Republic."
ROMAIN NADAL
UN Security Council Spokesman
Commented on UN sanctions on Central African Republic for continuous violence

"Nobody alerted me that I should not smoke there. I am not denying that fact that I am a chain-smoker. But it was not right to puff a cigarette in a public place."
SYED MOHSIN ALI
Social Welfare Minister
Expressed his regret, after smoking explicitly in a programme at BGB public schoo,l by posting a four-line Bangla write-up on his Facebook status