When Al didn’t respond, Bradley cut into his lead, but Al held on to win 52-47 percent.

然而，布拉德利开始对他猛烈抨击，由于艾尔并没有回应，布拉德利支持率有所上升，但艾尔仍以52％对47％的优势领先。

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Kuwait's Sheikha Lulu Al Sabah in February held her country's first-ever contemporary art auction.

科威特的Sheikha Lulu Al Sabah在2月举行了该国有史以来第一次当代艺术拍卖。

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Al Jazeera had interviewed Muhannad at the front in Ras Lanuf when the rebels briefly held it; he was singled out because he was fair-haired and half American and spoke good English.

那还是反抗军短暂占据在拉努夫角的时候，半岛电视台采访了身在前线的穆罕纳德。能够挑他做采访是因为他是浅色头发，英语流畅的半个美国人。

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One group of militants, Hisbul Islam,is said to have held both hostages briefly before handing Obriere's colleague to al-Shabab.

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The fate of the second French hostage, who was being held by al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-linked militant group allied with Hisbul Islam, is not immediately clear.

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Hughes and Al Mubarak held talks before Sunday's game to discuss the long-term plans for the club, with the manager expected to fly out to Abu Dhabi to discuss his list of targets at least once ahead of the January transfer window.

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The last time Democrats had control of the Senate was in 1994 -- except for a period of 17 days earlier this year when Vice President Al Gore held the tie-breaking vote as president of the evenly divided Senate until the new Bush administration took office.

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But it is also possible that Belmoktar may try to bargain for the release of al Qaeda operatives held in Algerian jails.

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