"This is an historic day. Today legal justice has been made real - never again the justice of one's own hands, which the repressors were known for." --Argentinian human rights activist Tati Almeida on the conviction of former dictators Jorge Rafael Videla and Reynaldo Bignone for a systematic program to steal babies from prisoners during the military junta's war on leftist dissidents three decades ago.

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"Congressman Jackson's medical condition is more serious than we thought and initially believed. Recently, we have been made aware that he has grappled with certain physical and emotional ailments privately for a long period of time. At present, he is undergoing further evaluation and treatment at an in-patient medical facility." --Statement from the office of Illinois nine-term Democrat Jesse Jackson Jr.

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"I think that we have had 12 kinds of sanctions so far and none of them affected or stopped the killings in Syria. Obviously it is not working. A different solution needs to be discussed." --Adib Shishakly, a member of the opposition Syrian National Council, on the eve of the "Friends of the Syrian People" gathering of 80 nations in Paris.