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...agency and the AC Milan football team, Berlusconi built up his Fininvest empire to become Italy's richest man. In 1993 he entered politics, declaring his newly launched party to be a "pole of liberty" - though for many, his sudden political awakening was a transparent effort to protect his own business interests...
...your cover story about the overfishing of tuna you give tips on what to do to help save the species [Nov. 9]. You forgot to mention the most effective way to protect the fish and the marine ecoystem: drop tuna from your diet; eat more vegetables. Christiane Tupac-Yupanqui, SANDHAUSEN, GERMANY...
...running Muslim separatist rebellion. But the killings starkly exposed a nationwide malaise: the fierce competition for regional power among the country's small élite of a few hundred families and clans that control an inordinate amount of the national wealth - and the desperate lengths some will go to protect their hold on power...
...thought this matter had concluded," Kozinski wrote. "The Executive Branch, acting through the Office of Personnel Management, thought otherwise. It directed the insurance carrier not to process Ms. Golinski's form 2809, thwarting the relief I had ordered. I must now decide what further steps are necessary to protect Ms. Golinski and the integrity of the Judiciary's EDR [employee dispute resolution] plans...
...translator in response. "My government has invited you here, and when you do these things we are very upset. If you find people who are doing these things, IEDs, bring them before me and I will be happy to have their heads cut off. You are here to protect the country...