Jim Burkhard of IHS Cera, a consultancy, notes that OECD oil demand peaked in 2005 and has been slipping since in response to the upward march of prices.

能源咨询公司的吉姆·博克哈德表示，经合组织的石油需求在2005年已达高点，随着价格攀升，其需求一直在减少。

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French army spokesman Col Thierry Burkhard confirmed that "French elements were deployed overnight in Kidal".

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Thierry Burkhard, a French military spokesman, said selective air strikes were continuing against suspected rebel targets.

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Chuck Burkhard of Windber, Pennsylvania, hopes history will remember Bush as a strong man who loved his country.

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