A senior Pentagon official said the us would "resist" the Russian move, which he said would have serious implications for American Allies in Europe.

五角大楼一位高级官员表示，美国将“抵制”俄罗斯的举动。他表示，对美国的欧洲盟友而言，俄罗斯此举具有十分严重的影响。

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"It is very unusual for us to see something like this," said one official, adding that more rain had fallen this month than since December 1964, when a record 155.4 millimetres poured down.

“对我们来说，出现此种天气状况的确是非同寻常的。”一位气象部门官员指出，此外他还补充说，今年12月的降雨量是自从1964年12月后最多的一个月份，而那次的降雨量则达到了创纪录的155.4毫米。

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A Nato official said the translator gunned down the US soldiers before other soldiers shot him dead at an outpost in Wardak province.

一名北约官员称在瓦尔达克省前哨基地，这名译员在其他士兵开枪之前就击倒了这两名美国士兵。

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The Chinese government should acknowledge and investigate cyber-theft from China, a top US official has said.

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In a playful response, a senior US government official said the Obama administration "does not support blowing up planets".

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Tuesday saw a senior US state department official said Washington would not recognise the result of the vote because the opposition had been violently forced out of the running.

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