“According to the global-warming people, I say what I say because I’m paid by the oil industry. Of course I’m not, but that’s part of their rhetoric.”

Freeman Dyson, in The New York Times, on the row he stirred up by casting doubt on global warming.

“These rumours contradict all scientific facts.”

Egypt’s health and interior ministries deny that a killer text message is causing deaths through the cell phone network (AFP).

“No plan that we had before has been cut.”

Energy company Iberdrola Renovables denies reports that it is planning to slash investment in UK wind farms (Reuters).