Equal membership in a club of nations was a seal of sovereignty.

在国家俱乐部中，平等的成员国关系如同一个主权印章。

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He has been using Britain's presidency of the G8 rich nations' club to harangue other global leaders on the need for a successor treatyto Kyoto.

他一直利用英国担任 G8 富国俱乐部主席国的机会，对其他全球领导人大声疾呼，认为有必要制定一个接替《京都议定书》的条约。

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Michael Essien, a Ghanaian star, has not played for Chelsea, his London club, since being crocked in training for the Africa Cup of Nations in January.

加纳球星迈克尔·埃辛，自从1月份在代表国家队参加非洲杯的训练中受伤后，就未曾为其效力的伦敦俱乐部切尔西踢过比赛。

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As a new independent global city state, joining Singapore and Dubai, and soon to be joined by Shanghai and others, London would be controlling its own destiny at the centre of a future club of truly global nations.

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But most of these nations opted to join the Commonwealth, a club of countries all tied through history to the UK and the monarchy.

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In addition, in 1999, the Paris Club of creditor nations granted Honduras a moratorium on debt service payments through 2002.

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