21.   Chubais, sensing his impending heave-ho, annoys the corrupt oligarchy by belatedly arranging honest auctions of state monopolies.

22.   Colombia ended an era of state monopoly of its television industry by awarding two licenses to operate new private channels.

23.   Colombia is likely to have at least one foreign telephone company in operation by the end of March, ending the state monopoly on long-distance service.

24.   Hopes India might open up its state monopoly in insurance have faded with the decline and fall of the government before it could pass the relevant legislation.

25.   Imagine Minitel -- the French state monopoly that had a lock on e-commerce until recently -- in the hands of private business.

26.   In Germany and throughout most of Europe, telephone customers are begging if not screaming for alternatives to the state monopolies.

27.   In Mexico, state monopolies control huge industries, which makes it easier for the government to order nationwide repairs.

28.   In India, it wants to see access to the insurance industry, which was until recently a state monopoly.

29.   Indonesian stocks rose a day after the government agreed to break up several state monopolies, encourage bank mergers and remove many subsidies and price controls.

30.   In the last decade, with the proliferation of new television channels in European markets once dominated by state monopoly broadcasters, a new international market has been opened.