Obama's popularity dropped by 5% in the polls during the past week, with most putting him around 45%; but a Gallup poll at the end of last week had support for him at just 40%.

Obama的民意支持度在下周降低了5个点，大部分民调机构称他的支持率在45%，而盖洛普在上周末显示他的支持率只有40%。

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But the 58-year-old did discuss the superstar's last moments in an interview to be screened on Channel Four - probably during next week.

但是这位58岁的老人却在(可能下周播出)第四频道某访谈节目中披露了天皇巨星的弥留时刻。

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During a four-day peace mission last week to Jerusalem and the West Bank, U.S. envoy George Mitchell tried to persuade Mr. Netanyahu to extend the construction freeze, but to no avail.

美国中东问题特使米切尔上星期在耶路撒冷和约旦河西岸进行为期四天的和平使命中，试图说服内塔尼亚胡延长定居点建设冻结令，但他的努力没有成功。

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But during last week's conference, experts reported the first decrease in international financing for AIDS vaccine research.

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Secretary Clinton said Wednesday that Bosworth had been prepared to travel to North Korea "at a moment's notice" during his first mission to the region last week, but said he regrettably did not get an invitation to do so.

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But salmonella strains were found last week during routine test by Kraft Foods, one of about three dozen companies that purchase pistachios from Setton Farms, he said.

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Tarantino himself may be tired of discussing it - just ask Channel 4's Krishnan Guru-Murthy, who got a stern dressing down during an interview last week - but Waltz defends the guts and gore.

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Matt Snowling, an analyst at Friedman Billings Ramsey, said the announcement was not entirely unexpected, as the company said it was very close in tying up a deal during last week's earnings call, but removes a fairly significant overhang the company had worried about.

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