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...both college dropouts who started software companies in 1977. And they both became multibillionaires. But the rakish Ellison cuts a far different figure from the wonky Gates. Thrice divorced, Ellison has a taste for Armani, fast cars and faster planes--he once tried to buy a $20 million Russian MiG...
...short but fierce set-piece battles that have left tens of thousands dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. Unlike other African wars, which typically pitch poorly armed rebel groups against each other or against government troops, both Ethiopia and Eritrea have used warplanes, including Sukhoi 27 fighters and MiG-29 interceptors, combat helicopters, multi-barreled rocket launchers and tanks. Military analysts in the region estimate that each country, among the poorest in the world, has spent about $1 million...
...past two years - much of it spent on weapons from Russia and its former Soviet satellites. The Russians, for example, sold Ethiopia eight Sukhoi 27 fighters 18 months ago at a cost of $150 million, and then received a similar amount from Eritrea for a batch of MiG-29 fighters and more for a handful of Sukhoi 25 ground-attack fighters. And the bonanza for the former Soviets didn't end there: Since neither side had the pilots and technical personnel to operate the sophisticated aircraft, they were initially operated and flown by personnel from former Soviet allies before locals...
Nevertheless, yesterday marked the four-year anniversary of a tragedy that may be but a blur, if even that, in the mental landscapes of many people. On February 24, 1996, at 3:21 p.m., two unarmed civilian planes were shot down by Cuban MiG's in international water space over the Florida Straits. The four pilots, three American citizens and one legal alien, were members of a humanitarian group called Brothers to the Rescue. In more than 1,800 missions over the last nine years, the group has assisted the Coast Guard in locating desperate refugees and saving them from...