The combined left-wing opposition in France has defeated President Jacque Chirac's ruling Conservative Coalition in the first round of the country's parliamentary elections.

在法国议会第一轮选举中，左翼反对派联合击败了总统雅克·希拉克的保守派执政联盟。

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No-one in the opposition really believes it will work, but if not, we are being left with one scenario only—an armed struggle.

在反对阵营中，没有人会真的相信这能起作用的，但要是这不起作用，我们就只会被抛进一个场景——武装抗争。

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And at the season finale in Brazil - where he knew he had to win - he didn't put a foot wrong as he left the opposition trailing.

在巴西的收官之战——他知道自己必须要赢——在他最终离开时，他没有犯一丝错误。

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It quotes centre-left opposition leader Francesco Rutelli calling for political unity in a time of crisis for Italy.

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Opinion polls show his ruling centre-right coalition lagging some five points behind the centre-left opposition though the gap has narrowed.

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Early this month Mr Berlusconi himself accused the foreign press of being at the service of the centre-left opposition.

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