The flagpole was borrowed from Mauritius for the ceremony, but that didn't detract from the significance of the event or the enthusiasm of the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

旗杆是为了这次仪式从毛里求斯借来的，但是这丝毫不能削减该事件的重要性，也不能削减秘书长潘基文的激情。

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The idea has "a whiff of desperation about it" is the consensus of the media buyers interviewed by AdWeek, writes that publication's Ki Mae Heussner.

《广告周刊》的基利•梅•赫斯纳称，该杂志采访了一些媒体买家，他们一致认为，这个计划“有点绝望的味道”。

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Like Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, China also hopes that the year 2009 will be a year of harvest for the Middle East peace process.

与潘基文秘书长表达的愿望一样，中国同样希望2009年是中东和平进程的“收获之年”。

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But U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the targets are too far in the future and that more needs to be done sooner.

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But Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday that the evidence is "quite clear" that humans are the main cause of temperatures rising faster than expected.

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U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is relieved that the military operations in northern Sri Lanka have ended.

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This is despite the fact that KI's sales having fallen 5% a year for the last two.

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It is by no means certain that Kim Ki Nam and his staff can pull off the promotion of Kim Jong Eun as the rightful leader of the North Korean people, at least to the degree required to maintain power.

WSJ: Pyongyang Turns to Task of Glorifying New Leader

Just before the IWC meeting, when the issue first leaped into the media spotlight, the South Korean government indicated that the factory might not go ahead - but Barng Ki Hiok indicated that it will.

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