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A new round in the Iranian nuclear circus act. By Hassan Bleibel in the Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal

"We should prepare ourselves to face swine flu as if we are going to war, because the consequences of the disease could be more dangerous than that of war." -- Refaat Fayyad, Akhbar Al-Yom

"The government's decision to postpone the start of the school year for a week has only one meaning: our genius government will discover all the solutions needed during that one week!" -- Essam Kamal, Al-Ahrar

"The government is underestimating the dangers of swine flu, or else it would not have taken the decision to postpone the school year for only a week."-- Ahmed Ayoub, Nahdet Masr

"Israel banks on its supremacy in dealing with the Palestinians whereas the Palestinian leadership has nothing to depend on except the US being a fair mediator." -- Al-Watan

"The situation in the region will remain the same if not worse even if Mitchell paid 20 visits." -- Ezzeddin Al-Darwish, Tishreen

"The repercussions of 9/11 showed that we are in need of more than one US address from an Arab capital to resolve them." -- Mohamed Salah, Al-Hayat