On May 31st Microsoft set off the row.

5月31日，微软挑起了争端。

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The current version, v.6, will expire on May 31st, 2011.

当前的v . 6版本会在2011年3月31日过期。

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On May 31st, the Republicans who control the House of Representatives put an unconditional increase in the ceiling to a vote simply so that they could reject it.

就在5月31日，控制着众议院的共和党对无条件提高债务上限的提案发起投票。当然，此举也不过是为了方便否决它而已。

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On May 31st the government announced that the two surviving officials had been sacked.

ECONOMIST: Resisting nasty officials proves popular

Ireland, with a history of awkward votes on EU treaties, holds a referendum on May 31st.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

It ordered that the site be blocked, subject to a review on May 31st.

ECONOMIST: An annoying web page prompts a worrisome precedent