| 1 | Former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has also been detained for 15 days. | |
| 2 | Thanks to his fluent Mandarin Ahmed from Iraq was praised by Premier Wen immediately after he spoke. | |
| 3 | Presidential spokesman Ahmed al-Sufi said opposition demands for an immediate transfer of power were unacceptable. | |
| 4 | "This is not a very huge effect," says Ahmad Hariri, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. | |
| 5 | "The border is too dangerous for anyone right now, " said Ahmed Rashid, author of several books on militancy. |