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"Why is it so cold this year?" "Maybe they didn't subsidise the winter." By Mohamed Omar in the Egyptian weekly magazine Akher Saa The World Social Forum in Nairobi. By Habib Haddad in the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat

"When the ruling party fields just a handful of Copts, this means there is disorder in political life." -- Yehya El-Gamal, Al-Masry Al-Youm

"[The American administration in] Washington is like any clever trader -- it wants to buy a commodity for the lowest price possible, and wants to sell it at the highest price." -- Abdel-Qader Shohayeb, Al-Mussawar

"This time Rice came to the region and left without uttering a word about democracy, political reform or human rights." -- Salah Montasser, Al-Ahram

"Bush does not want to be solely responsible for destroying Iraq. He wants the Arab states to be involved..." -- Abdullah Al-Ashaal, Al-Hayat

"The only way to save Iraq is in the hands of the Iraqi people." -- Al-Khaleej

"Leaders and not followers are the perpetrators of violence." -- Abdel-Rahman Al-Rashed, Asharq Al-Awsat