He broke his silence after accepting a friend's invitation to speak at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club, a US-based global voluntary organisation.

在接受一位朋友的邀请在基瓦尼俱乐部每周会议上讲话后，他打破了沉默。该俱乐部是位于美国的全球性自愿组织。

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In another development with global consequences, an attempt to silence a pro-Georgia blogger with a cyber attack resulted in severe disruptions to social networking sites Twitter and Facebook.

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Park has also managed to bring attention to the silence of the otherwise eloquent Barack Obama, who has been noticeably absent from the global conversation on the rights of abused peoples.

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