QUOTE UNQUOTE(Spotlight Weekly)

"The government is committed to provide protection to export-oriented industries."

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, addressing the annual general meeting of Garment Association of Nepal.

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"One thing is sure, I won't be a member of that cabinet."

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, in a light reaction to PM Koirala's statement of reshuffling the cabinet in consultation with "friends", in Space Time daily.

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"We don't want to see ISI, CBI or RAW active here. There should be a total ban on anti-India or anti-China activities from Nepal."

Madhav Kumar Nepal, main opposition leader and general secretary of CPN-UML, in Himalaya Times.

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"Iresigned to make it easier for the commission to investigate the deal."

Tarini Dutta Chataut, who resigned from his post as Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation after the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) started investigating his role in the dubious Lauda air deal, in Space Time daily.

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"The party will not interfere in the selection of student leadership."

Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Poudel, addressing the inaugural session of the convention of Nepal Students Union (NSU) -- the student wing of Nepali Congress, in Nepal Samacharpatra.

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"The Maoists are but a small group of armed dacoits."

Pradeep Nepal, member of the UML Standing Committee, in Gorkhapatra.

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"We will never agree on the entry of Viagra and its Indian edition into the country."

Paras Mani Baral, President of Nepal Chemist and Druggist Association, in The Kathmandu Post.

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"I am tired of talking. To how many should I tell my story. I am really tired of telling the journalists about my own plight and that of the people from the remote regions."

Thinley, the noted actor of Caravan, in Himalaya Times.

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