But when Lawrence looked at his ragtag band of Bedouin fighters he realized that a direct attack on Medina would never succeed.

不过Lawrence知道其麾下贝多因民兵的战斗力是多么地低下，因而对麦地那的直接进攻是必败无疑的。

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On November 27th, for the first time, one such band ventured out of terrorised Darfur to attack a refinery at Abu Jabra in North Kordofan state.

在11月27日，第一次有这样一帮人冒险离开恐怖盛行的达尔富尔地区，进攻一座位于北科尔朵芬(North kordofan)州阿布扎布拉(abu Jabra)的炼油厂。

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LAST month Ian Gillan, lead singer with Deep Purple, an elderly heavy-metal band, made an angry attack on the group's record label, Sony BMG.

上个月，重金属老牌乐队——深紫(Deep Purple)乐队的主唱Ian Gillan给了业内老大索尼bmg一记重拳。

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When the girl apparently suffered a heart attack, the band stopped for 20 minutes and wanted to stop playing altogether.

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"People are trying to put a band-aid on a heart attack, but it's not the right remedy, " he says.

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