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In Italy, it is considered a farce, and it is possible that reactions from abroad have been even harsher: come on, just imagine how the Germans, the French, the Swiss and the Austrians would react to news that a man going by the name of Umberto Bossi wants to take over their countries.

The nightmare of many Saudis and other Gulf Arabs was that, having conquered much of North Africa, Islamism would take over their countries, too.

Although many Latin American elites profited from the new order, they ceded a degree of control over their countries to the industrializing economies of the North Atlantic.

Mr. Obama's most recent attempt, when he sought to win confidence-building measures from Israel's neighbors like allowing Israeli carriers to fly over their countries, failed when Saudi Arabia and other Arab states refused.

And the criticisms of both men are strikingly similar: that their great wealth creates many conflicts of interest; that they have ridden roughshod over their countries' constitutions; that they have attempted to suppress criticism; and that they have both, in different ways, been disappointments in office, despite billing themselves as high-powered business types who know how to get things done.

Legitimate fears have been expressed in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks that the fight against terrorism might lead dictators and authoritarian regimes to further limit freedoms of all kinds - particularly freedom of the press - that stand in the way of full control over their countries.

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AMERICANS can stop worrying about China's plans to take over their country.

People prefer to run their own affairs; they resent foreigners taking over their country.

When five student exiles from Myanmar took over their country's embassy in Bangkok last October, Thailand agreed to fly them to the border with a rebel-held area of Myanmar in return for the release of their hostages.

But United States officials present at Mr. Biden's meetings said Chinese leaders told him they still had confidence in the United States' financial system and did not show worry over their country's investments.

When the Germans bomb their town and take over their country, the madcap Marko (Miki Manojlovic) and Blacky (Lazar Ristovski) rise up in alcohol-fueled fervor for the resistance led by Marshal Tito.

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