71.   Besides ending the protests, that could break a near state monopoly on the media by giving the opposition some of the state-run news outlets.

72.   But they did not agree a timetable for ending state monopolies in other services such as data transmission, mobile communications and corporate phone networks.

73.   But physically seizing the private property would be more difficult, as would restoring state monopolies in strategic metals, gas and oil, and stopping capital flight.

74.   Competitors say the former state monopoly demonstrated how much power it still wields.

75.   Critics complain that the Indonesian economy is dominated by a small group of his family members and close associates who run state monopolies and other inefficient industries.

76.   During the apartheid-era of sanctions and international isolation, white governments built up huge state monopolies in communications, transportation and other sectors.

77.   France had led efforts to maintain state postal monopolies, while Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden had sought greater opening of the market.

78.   Hashbat Hulan, a legislator who has called for a state monopoly on alcohol production to raise government revenues, said half of Mongolian adults drink too much.

79.   His government has moved faster than any other to end state monopolies and push technological imports.

80.   In exchange for the loans, Indonesia has apparently agreed to cut government spending and lower trade barriers, which could spell the demise of some inefficient state monopolies.