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Don't pay any attention to my wealth. I am not a cheater.

Financially suspect Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (above).

If you look around the region, everybody is performing very badly, all because Mr Dow and Mr Jones are not co-operating.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Let's hope nothing gets broken but a few monstrous egos.

An e-mailer to a Cathay Pacific crew Web site commenting on low staff morale and the dismissal of a pilot for throwing nuts at Cathay's chief executive.

A historical event in the making as great as China's entry to the WTO cannot be affected by something such as this.