We had a very nice run down there. We played some excellent teams.

We just ran out of time. We needed five minutes more. They never got down on themselves - they never quit.

On paper, the toughest part of our schedule is behind us.

If he doesn't get himself out of his cul-de-sac on Iraq, he may decide to step down and pave the way for a change of government.

It's not a good start for cooperation if such an alliance is founded on the basis of a sheer emergency.

He can't stick to his position, but he has raised expectations among his own supporters that he will. He was elected on a mandate of peace.