By early yesterday, the insurgents had taken control of the country's main military air base.

到昨天早些时候，那些起义者已控制了该国的主要空军基地。

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Vatican experts claim the tomb's position, underneath the epigraph Paulo Apostolo Mart (Paul the apostle and Martyr), at the base of the main altar is proof that it belongs to the apostle.

梵蒂冈的专家称，这处古墓的位置居于主祭坛底部的“门徒保罗和殉道者”碑文之下，这证明此尸骸属于门徒保罗。

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The main reason for the fall was mortgage interest rate cuts following Bank of England base rate cuts.

零售价格指数的计算基准是大多数人消费的多少。这个指数的下滑主要是由于英格兰银行下调了基准利率，随后按揭利率也下调了。

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These days, there is no question of a bombardment of the port of Eyl, the main pirate base on the Somali coast.

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Well, Robert, the first suicide bomber blew himself up as two members of the peacekeeping force, called the Multinational Force and Observers, were driving with two Egyptian officials just north of the observer's main base in the Sinai.

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As a political outsider, he threatens the established support base of the main parties especially the Social Christians, with 25 seats and the presidency of the chamber and none of them wants to see his government succeed.

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