鈥淚n the last three months, we鈥檝e seen a rate of eight false positives per 1000 tests.鈥�
The OraQuick Advance Test for HIV, which uses a mouth swab to test for the virus, is producing false positives at twice the usual rate, says Shelley Facente of San Francisco鈥檚 Department of Public Health (The Washington Times, 10 December)
鈥淎merica can take part in the bidding for the construction of Iran鈥檚 nuclear power plant if they observe the basic standards and quality.鈥�
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Hamid Reza Asefi, spokesman for Iran鈥檚 foreign ministry, on attempts to ease US suspicions that Iran is using its nuclear programme as a cover to build atomic weapons (Associated Press, 12 December)
鈥淚t is not exactly the right place to harmonise your yin and yang.鈥�
Commuter Verena Montag on 鈥渨ellness鈥� trains in southern Germany, on which physiotherapists and yoga instructors teach relaxation techniques (The Daily Telegraph, London, 12 December)
鈥淲e have looked in vain鈥or a case where a nose was sewed back that had stayed for 2 hours in a stomach. We are the first to do this.鈥�
Jiri Vesely, plastic surgeon at St Ann鈥檚 Faculty Hospital in Brno, the Czech Republic, on sewing back a boy鈥檚 nose after recovering it from a dog鈥檚 stomach (The Times, London, 13 December).
鈥淭he people who have prepared this book have tried consistently to put the Word of God first and science second. [If] at any point God鈥檚 Word is not put first, the author apologizes.鈥�
Christopher Patti, legal counsel for the University of California, reading from a Christian textbook taught in schools that the university says does not meet its admission requirements (San Francisco Chronicle, 12 December)