In 2003, with the so-called Biagi law, Berlusconi introduced new kinds of part-time and short-term contracts for those coming into the job market while preserving the security and the privileges of those already employed.

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The response to the crisis cannot be the withdrawal behind the bulwark and delusive security of separate identities and old and new privileges.

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Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom had sought a new resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea, but China and Russia -- permanent members of the Security Council with veto privileges -- blocked the way.

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Activists accuse SCAF members of relying on the same draconian security tactics as the former regime and seeking to safeguard their own economic and political privileges even after they hand over power to elected civilian leaders.

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