Quotes of the week

"It is totally untrue."

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, rejecting claims that his government had decided not to investigate Lockerbie prime witness Tony Gauci due to pressure from the US.

"(A) new form of censorship."

Archbishop Paul Cremona denouncing the decision taken by the European Court of Human Rights to ban crucifixes in Italian classrooms.

"Morally I was wrong. I feel bad about that... But I don't think it justifies three-and-a-half years in prison."

Steve Marsden, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiring to traffic 50,000 ecstasy pills, on his release from prison last Monday, after he was acquitted by an appeals court.

"I never imagined the article would create such an extreme reaction."

Alex Vella Gera, after his article in student newspaper Ir-Realtà led to the publication being banned from the University because it was deemed 'obscene'. Editor Mark Camilleri is likely be arraigned.

"No, I don't."

An 18-year-old girl who was raped by her uncle when she was seven, answering the question: 'Do you forgive him?' The man, 28, was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison.