Statements	Sources
2007-05-06	Israeli security interrogators routinely mistreat and sometimes torture Palestinian detainees, meting out abuse that includes beatings and contortion, Israeli human rights groups said in a new report based on the testimonies of 73 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank detained between July 2005 and January 2006.	Israel routinely abuses Palestinian suspects: report,
2007-05-06	"Nations and states which are based on dictatorship instead of the supremacy of the constitution, the rule of law and protection of basic rights get destroyed." -- Iftikhar Chaudhry, Pakistan's suspended chief judge of the Supreme Court	A mess in Pakistan, Suspended Pakistani judge warns against dictatorship,
2007-05-06	Palestinians divided over U.S. security plan Palestinian leaders are divided over a new U.S. plan that aims to bolster prospects for renewed peace talks with Israel by setting dates for both sides to take confidence-building steps.	Palestinians divided over U.S. security plan,
2007-05-06	A new video of Ayman al-Zawahiri mocks President Bush and U.S. legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, saying the bill would rob the group's fighters of the chance to kill more Americans. (Ayman al-Zawahiri in a Web video)	Qaeda's Zawahri says Iraq bill shows U.S. defeat, Al-Qaida No. 2 Mocks American 'Failure',
2007-05-06	Ayman al-Zawahiri denied that al Qaeda and other Sunni Muslim insurgents were stirring up sectarian strife in Iraq, blaming instead the Shi'ite-led Baghdad government. (Ayman al-Zawahiri in a Web video)	Qaeda's Zawahri says Iraq bill shows U.S. defeat,
2007-05-06	Nicolas Sarkozy elected France's president Conservative leader Nicolas Sarkozy triumphed in France's presidential election, beating his Socialist rival Segolene Royal by a comprehensive margin and extending the right's 12-year grip on power.	Sarkozy elected France's president,