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...split within the security forces deepened on May 22, when rebel soldiers in the hills above Dili were joined by the head of the military police, Lieutenant Commander Alfredo Reinado, and 28 of his men. Reinado tells Time that the second in command of the nation's armed forces, Colonel Lere Anan Timur, summoned Reinado to his headquarters at Tasi Tolu, on the city's western outskirts. The two men traveled to the airport, where a tense meeting took place with Defense Minister Roques Rodrigues. "I heard the Colonel say: "I can destroy them all and rebuild again tomorrow,'' Reinado...
...ambitious plans for American telenovelas, with a two-year deal to option all the novelas aired on its sister network Telemundo, which is also owned by parent company General Electric. "Our role is licensing formats to them, hand-holding, consulting," says Alfredo Richard, a spokesman for Telemundo. The stories are almost always some variation on star-crossed lovers united in the end. "It's a couple that is trying to have a kiss, and there's a writer in the middle that doesn't let them," says Patricio Wills, a longtime telenovela writer and now head of production for Telemundo...
...large bag of salt. Hanging on the wall were pictures of the Virgin Mary and the Catholic saint Padre Pio, and four 2006 freebie calendars, none of which had yet been turned to April. The squalid conditions were "evidence of [Provenzano's] dedication to pure power," Interior Under Secretary Alfredo Mantovano told TIME. "He had acquired this perverse charisma, a figure who appears to take nothing for himself for the opportunity to rule over everyone else...
...guaranteed. Savalli is still learning. "Mehdi is a populist, someone who uses his style to connect with the audience," says José Miguel Arruego, bullfighting critic for Mundotoro.com and El Mundo newspaper. "Aficionados who look for something more exquisite are less excited about him." At the Las Ventas fight, Alfredo Peña, a veterinarian from Madrid who regularly attends bullfights, agreed. "Bullfighting is like painting or poetry - it's an art. And though Mehdi is good, he's not yet an artist." The corrida (tournament) highlighted Savalli's weaknesses as well as his strengths. He displayed the showmanship...
...state. Brussels, though, might be hard pushed to enforce the measure. And such a change, if it came at all, would take years to implement. The big players will not remain idle, because mergers add to their profits. "These energy companies are already big enough to be efficient," says Alfredo Pastor, professor of economics at the University of Navarre's International Graduate School of Business in Spain. "What each wants now is to control other companies." One reason: bulking up through acquisitions can strengthen a power firm's bargaining position when it comes to securing the supply...