He says the World Bank has found that simpler rules and other regulatory reforms make it easier to do business in the Middle East.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

In the Middle Ages and to some extent in the Early Modern period, we live in a theocentric world.

在中世纪甚至是现在早期，我们生活在以上帝为中心的世界里。

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The plant based economies began in the Middle East and then they spread to the rest of the world.

农耕经济由中东地区开始,发展并传播到全世界

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He also said other members of the world community owe the drive for Middle East peace more than just verbal support.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

And there were many people trying to resolve the conflict, not just in the Middle East,else in the world, with very good intentions but very often making inadvertently the matters worse.

有很多人都试图解决冲突，不只在中东，世界各地都有这种情况，人们都心存好意,但往往在不经意间使事情变得更糟。

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Smith sees a clear distinction between the two world views vying for regional supremacy in the Middle East.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"The problem in the Middle East and in the Arab world in particular is that regimes that cooperate closely with the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Democrats and Republicans must still work together to ensure our troops have the resources they need to more effectively fight extremists in the Middle East and around the world,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Instead,his goal will be to ease tensions between the United States and the world's Muslims tensions intensified by the Iraq war and a lack of progress in the Middle East peace process.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

Lee Smith says it has always been hard for Americans to understand exactly why peace in the Middle East is so elusive, and why violence and terrorism are so pervasive and persistent in the Arab world.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18