It is nothing new for some scientists to be interested in Eastern thought.

一些科学家对东方思想有兴趣，这已经不是什么新鲜的事情了。

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February 23, 2009-just six months ago, Banks in central and Eastern Europe were flush with cash. Some thought they might even escape the credit crisis hitting the United States.

2009年2月23日—就在短短半年之前，中东欧地区的银行流动性还很充溢，有些人据此认为它们有可能躲避席卷美国的次贷危机。

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Prior to the present outbreak, Angola was not considered to fall within the geographical “hot zone”, thought to be in central and eastern Africa, for outbreaks and sporadic cases of this rare disease.

在本次暴发之前，未将安哥拉考虑为属于这一罕见疾病暴发和散在病例的地理“热区”。 据认为，它在中部和东部非洲。

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Convincing farmers to adopt new methods is always a challenge, but between 50, 000 and 100, 000 people in eastern and southern Africa are thought to be using the technique already.

ECONOMIST: A new twist on an old idea is improving farm yields in Africa

The U.S.-led NATO force said Wednesday that Afghan and coalition forces killed 13 insurgents in joint operations that began a day earlier in eastern Kapisa and Nangarhar provinces close to where the Taliban are thought to have kidnapped a group of foreign civilians.

NPR: UN Warns Of 'Troubling Rise' In Afghan Violence

With the collapse of Soviet and Eastern block economies in the 1980s and 1990s, it was generally thought that SOEs had seen their day.

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