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Iraq. By Habib Haddad in the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat

"One needs an unpaid leave to be able to watch just 50 per cent of the unbelievable number of TV shows during Ramadan." -- Mohamed El-Shamaa , Al-Akhbar

"Dear spectator, you are glued to the TV. There is no escape. Forget all about sleep. Then you may have a chance to perform fagr [dawn] prayers." -- Fekri , Al-Gomhuriya

"Typhoid, para-typhoid, cholera, mental retardation and renal and liver failure are some of the illnesses that could be caused as a result of using sewerage water to irrigate fruit and vegetable crops."-- Al-Masry Al-Yom

"Perhaps the Lebanese parties should consider forming a federal government at the expense of the state and nation." -- Abdullah Iskandar , Al-Hayat

"The Iraqis were shocked by the size, timing and accuracy of the explosions especially because they came at a time when there was increasing conviction that security is improving in Iraq." -- Abdel-Jabbar Abbas , Al-Rafidayn

"The main pillar in Libyan politics is the language of money and investment contracts to impose its demands." -- Haydar Rashid , Al-Arab Al-Yom