1.   Moreover, in another democratic break with the past, the Russian Federation is no longer a centrally controlled country.

2.   But peace talks, economic reforms and social changes have led to a loosening up of the tightly controlled country.

3.   Friday prayers are a rare opportunity in this tightly controlled country for public expression, making the prayers for Afghans and Palestinians significant.

4.   In Vietnam, South Korean TV dramas provide the tightly controlled communist country with an enticing glimpse of the outside world.

5.   It is trying to draw foreign investment to the otherwise strictly controlled country.

6.   Large numbers of North Koreans are moving about the usually tightly controlled country, apparently in search of food.

7.   North Korea, a tightly controlled communist country, has been extremely sensitive about outside news that can destabilize its insulated citizens.

8.   North Korean leader Kim Jong Il fears that worsening food problems could set off rioting in his tightly controlled country, a South Korean newspaper reported Wednesday.

9.   Officials in the tightly controlled country then launched a nationwide campaign to spruce up washrooms.

10.   Singaporeans are hardworking and well-educated, but the tightly controlled country is known for its culture of following rules, fear of failure and emphasis on material wealth.