Nuclear testing was resumed in defiance of an international ban.

尽管国际上明令禁止，核试验又在进行了。

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The spokesman stressed that the measures did not amount to an overall ban.

发言人强调说，这些措施并不等于全面禁止。

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The senator is ready to argue for an experimental lifting of the ban.

该参议员已准备好争取那条禁令的试验性解除。

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This week,U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent his top aide to press for an end to the Sri Lankan conflict.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

We will tell about an agreement to ban nine dangerous chemicals.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

In February, the government of Pakistan asked U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to establish an international commission to investigate Mrs.Bhutto's assassination.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

The Obama administration will try to pass an assault weapons ban, an administration official said Friday.

CNN: Countdown to new wave in gun violence battle

Imposing an outright ban is less ethical than public health leadership that induces behavior change.

CNN: Ethicist: Health bans and 'sin taxes' can easily backfire

The case comes a week after Galaxy smartphone manufacturer failed to secure an iPhone ban in Japan.

BBC: Samsung loses patent fight against Apple in the UK