“Oh Valentine, since you came to me you’re always in my thoughts. I’ll never forget the night we met and you gave me genital warts.”
A spoof valentine card produced as part of a UK government campaign to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases
“This is nothing but a mean and groundless propaganda.”
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North Korea’s official news agency denies claims that the country bought nuclear technology from Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan (Reuters, 10 February)
“He can keep his money.”
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf on Abdul Qadeer Khan, the scientist who sold nuclear secrets to other nations (The Sunday Telegraph, London, 8 February)
“Ukrainians simply must fly to the moon. Not all, however. Somebody must remain for flights to the Mars.”
Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma on collaborating in international projects for manned missions to the moon and Mars (Associated Press, 2 February)
“If you’re a bad guy and you want to frustrate law enforcement, use a Mac.”
Assistant Special Agent Dave Thomas of the St Louis Division of the FBI (SecurityFocus.com, 21 January)
“I think they’re going to be a little confused – the world as they knew it is going to be somewhat tilted.”
Sharon Ehasz of Tempe, Arizona, on the successful operation to separate her two conjoined tortoises (Associated Press, 9 February)
