The storm destroyed sandy stretches of land along the Jersey shore and gave many on Staten Island their own Katrina moment, with over 100 people confirmed dead (over 1, 000 people died in Hurricane Katrina in 2005) and roughly one million people still without power in the regions of southern Manhattan, the Island and parts of New Jersey.

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One is Serbia's leader, Slobodan Milosevic, still in power in Belgrade and still ready to make trouble wherever he can.

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But regulators still tend to imagine that power will flow in one direction only: from big plants to small consumers.

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Afghans see billions of dollars pouring in and they see foreigners driving around in land cruisers, living in houses with big generators, while they're still dealing with open sewers and power, perhaps, one day in three.

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And Germany still has no proper wholesale market in electricity, although one may develop along with a new power-derivatives exchange, due to open in Frankfurt next year.

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In a land where celebrity is celebrated, a man who will one day be a king still has pulling power.

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