Khalid al-Maaly, an Iraqi poet and publisher in Beirut, believes he is being penalised for Mr Khal's bumper sales: "They see what's popular and think it must be subversive."

Khalid al - Maaly，一位贝鲁特的伊拉克诗人兼出版商说他自觉因为《燎原之火》大卖而倒了楣：“他们看到什么东西流行就觉得一定反动。”

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Funding for laboratories has become increasingly competitive: those judged to be "internationally excellent" are penalised in favour of the "world-leading".

实验室对于经费的争夺也是愈加激烈了：那些被认为“在国际上杰出”的实验室面对“全球领先”者也得栽跟头。

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Article 29. Financial institutions engaging in the derivatives business without approval shall be penalised by the CBRC in accordance with the Penalties for Illegal Financial Activities.

第二十九条金融机构未经批准擅自开办衍生产品交易业务，由银监会依据《金融违法行为处罚办法》的规定实施处罚。

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Those people who simply won't work and won't seek work must be penalised for it.

BBC: Welfare reform: Your views

Under Dr Kamuzu Banda, the constitution allowed for people to be penalised for their religious beliefs.

BBC: Long and the short of religious row

Governments should legislate and force producers to use, store or be penalised for their CO2 but transparent markets should determine prices.

ECONOMIST: Change of environment