鈥淭hough rather late in the day, we are producing domestic astronauts to match our national clout.鈥�
Korea Aerospace Research Institute announcement on issuing an open application form for the country鈥檚 first astronauts (Chosun Iibo, 23 November)
鈥淚t discourages promiscuity, and if children are not promiscuous it ensures the spread of HIV/AIDS is halted.鈥�
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Patekile Holomisa, head of Contralesa, the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa, on the virginity testing of young girls, which the South African government is attempting to ban (Reuters, 26 November)
鈥淵ou are drinking somebody else鈥檚 urine instead of your own. I鈥檓 not sure psychologically which is worse. I think I鈥檇 rather drink my own.鈥�
How drinking water from recycled urine will go down on future missions to Mars, according to Vickie Kloeris of Space Food Systems at the Johnson Space Center (Associated Press, 24 November)
鈥淚t might seem a ridiculous idea and some might attack it as a bad joke, but why should we not have a contest for HIV-positive women?鈥�
Russia should hold a beauty contest to challenge public stereotypes about people living with HIV, says the country鈥檚 public health chief Gennady Onishchenko (AFP, 28 November)
鈥淚f you are trying to defend the indefensible the first thing you do is to hire a good lawyer.鈥�
Robert May, retiring president of the Royal Society, London, criticising the Bush administration鈥檚 position on climate change since appointing former lawyer James Connaughton in 2001 to coordinate its strategy (The Observer, London, 27 November)