According to World Bank figures, 41 percent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty.

根据世界银行的统计数字，41％的巴西人生活在极度贫困之中。

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The futility of this approach should, according to the authors, be all too apparent so many years into a period of reduced growth in world markets.

根据两位作者的说法，在全球市场增长放缓的这么多年里，这种做法的无用之处应该是非常明显的。

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By 1970, according to a World Wildlife Fund report, only about 4,500 tigers survived throughout the world-half of them in India.

根据世界野生动物基金会的一份报告，到1970年，全世界仅存约4500只老虎——其中一半在印度。

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Europe can be, if not equal to America's military might, a valuable partner in America's quest to maintain stability in the world, according to the paper.

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Looking at the stats a little closer, the poverty rate has gone from 6% in 1996 to 2.8% in 2004, according to the World Bank.

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CNN's Adrian Finighan presents the show from Oslo -- the most expensive city in the world, according to Swiss bank UBS in their most recent survey.

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