was profoundly saddened to learn of the massive loss of life and destruction caused by a series of earthquakes and tidal waves across Southeast Asia today.

Only after disaster can we be resurrected.

I can't fathom the destruction. It's the scope of the loss. It's knowing how long it's going to take to get things back to normal. There are parts of New Orleans that will never be the same.

[The United Nations on Sunday said the world had lost an important ambassador with Diana's death.] It is a tragic loss. Her commitment and dedication to a ban on anti-personnel mines brought the issue home to millions around the world, ... The international community has lost an important ambassador of goodwill. She will be missed.

We have set up an appointment for Mugabe to meet the secretary-general in Rome therefore we do expect him to be in Rome.

This is not so. In any case, the issue is not the executive chairman. It is how to get on with the work of disarming Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction.