However, as the war in 2008 between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway territory of South Ossetia showed, ice can melt quickly.

但是2008年俄罗斯与格鲁吉亚就南奥塞梯分离领土问题开战，这表明坚冰也会很快融化。

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Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory are strongholds of Australian rules football.

维多利亚、南澳大利亚、塔斯马尼亚、西澳大利亚和北领地则是澳式足球的根据地。

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Russia's territory now includes Abkhazia and South Ossetia - the two breakaway regions of Georgia effectively absorbed by Moscow this summer.

俄罗斯的版图现在已经包括了阿布·哈兹和南奥塞梯——这两个原属格鲁吉亚的地区，实际上已经被莫斯科吸收进版图了。

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They believed the South wanted to win Mexican territory for the purpose of spreading and strengthening slavery.

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