It was nine days to Christmas when I arrived at Alex Egayu's house in Katine, North-East Uganda, on a sizzling hot Tuesday morning, but preparations for the big day had begun much earlier.

在一个炎热的星期四早晨，我来到了Alex Egayu位于Katine的家里，Katine在乌干达东北部。这天距离圣诞节还有9天，但是为这个大日子所做的准备工作早就开始了。

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"It's just to get peoples' attention to come in to the restaurants," says Alex Macedo, President of Burger King North America.

“这只是希望能够引起人们注意，令他们光顾餐厅，”汉堡王北美公司总裁亚历克斯•马赛多说道。

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A few fledgling careers could really take off while United are touring North America, with several youngsters named in Sir Alex Ferguson's 22-man squad.

有几个年轻球员的职业生涯将会在北美起航，弗格森爵士在22人名单中写出了几个年轻人。

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The 31-year-old's first over went for 10, but he soon found his rhythm and dismissed Hamish Marshall, Alex Gidman and Marcus North.

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At present the regional front-runners are all ex-ministers: Malam Adamu Ciroma from the north, Alex Ekwueme from the south-east, and Bola Ige and Olu Falae from the south-west.

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The street which the house is on has suffered from anti-social behaviour and arson in the past, with Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham recently calling on residents to work with police to bring the area back to its "former glory".

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