But the state monopoly is keeping its grip over access to ultra-high capacity submarine cables.
She tested its first nuclear device and tightened the state's grip over the economy.
But the government does not want to relinquish its grip over policing, which has, if anything, tightened recently.
His cabinet colleagues know his iron grip over their budgets is part of the government's defining political strategy.
His supporters argue that Mr Pastrana has emerged from all this with a stronger grip over the army.
Their grip over Pakistani politics is bound to erode if there is a shift in the traditional distribution of parliamentary seats.
The party will, in turn, need to make new demands of its subjects even as it loses its economic grip over them.
Ever since, Israel has tightened its grip over Area C, weaving a web of settlements, military bases, roads, separation barriers and checkpoints.
He has an iron grip over his party, commands fierce loyalty from his staff, and is ruthless at dispatching malingerers or incompetents.
While it might seem like Apple has a tight grip over the smartphone market with the iPhone, Samsung is a bigger player.
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And they will weaken the state's grip over the lives of Cubans.
Its anti-slip, anti-fingerprint matte finish ensures you have the best grip over your very special gaming weapon no matter how intensively you swipe.
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Peter the Great imported numerous military and technical experts from the West, but he maintained an iron political grip over his expanding empire.
It lost its negotiating grip over the health department when Tony Blair committed the government to an enormous boost in spending on health.
In any case, he must first regain his grip over the party at what is likely to be a rowdy gathering later this month.
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It is neither capable of overcoming red tape and vested interests nor keen to relax its grip over the bits of the economy it still controls.
He has even achieved a grip over supplies for our troops in Afghanistan second only to the chokehold we granted Pakistan in a fit of strategic ineptitude.
China has maintained a rather tight grip over the world's rare earths market, thanks to a slew of export controls, quotas and government-erected barriers to entry.
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But Mr Zapatero has shown himself to be a skilled political tactician with a ruthless appreciation of power that has given him an iron grip over his own party.
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The remnants of the Shining Path, a Maoist terrorist group, are said by some analysts to be strengthening their grip over the drug trade, in a pattern familiar in Colombia.
Meanwhile, Mr Chavez, a former paratroop officer and leader of a failed coup, is tightening his grip over the army: on August 10th he sacked its commander, amid reports of dissent among senior officers.
Authorities are particularly anxious about any signs of public discontent in view of this October's presidential election, which is expected to see incumbent Ilham Aliyev retain his iron grip over the Caspian Sea nation.
But even as Washington tightens its regulatory grip over the existing cigarette lines, it seems less and less likely that the tobacco firms are going to be able to fulfill their half of the aspiration enshrined in the legislation.
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In another version of the story, niche carrier Alltel (nyse: AT - news - people ) buys Qwest, thrusting it into the big leagues and a giving the company a solid grip over communications in much of the rural areas of the country.
In the slippery conditions, his McLaren's grip advantage over the Ferraris was too big for him not to.
Ministers are being asked to "get a grip" over "outrageous" pay rises for senior council executives in Wales.
But, in separate exchanges, he challenged Mr Cameron to "get a grip" over the funding of Sure Start children's centres.
Fearful of losing its grip entirely over villages or of provoking peasant unrest, the party is reluctant to make clear who is in charge.
But sometimes lost in the conversation are the Iraqi civilians caught in the conflict - caught between warring factions, caught in the grip of forces over which they feel they have no control.
Dealing with this, while holding on to the two-inch-thick axle, required an awkward grip: one hand over and the other hand under.
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