1.   By destroying Berezovsky and Gusinsky, he could bring the independent media under government control, all under the guise of fighting corruption.

2.   Inflated taxation by corrupt local officials provokes thousands of protests annually by enraged farmers, and an anxious leadership in Beijing has made fighting corruption its top priority.

3.   President Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico recently announced that fighting corruption will be a top priority.

4.   Plus, fighting corruption, even in limited ways, could lead to wider economic reform.

5.   An Indian politician who is awaiting trial for stealing government funds said Thursday that fighting corruption would be a central theme of his campaign, local news agencies reported.

6.   Delegates are expected to push fighting corruption among Bosnian officials and to strengthen the threat to withhold aid from those who block progress toward unity.

7.   Fighting corruption also is a priority, he said.

8.   Fighting corruption has become an issue for international organizations.

9.   Fighting corruption will also be difficult.

10.   Fighting corruption will be an important theme of the international development conference to be attended by dozens of world leaders next week, U.N. Secretary-general Kofi Annan said Thursday.