The only west African state with the military beef to lead an intervention is generally in favour of dispatching peace-making troops but is preoccupied with its own elections this month.

这个唯一有军事力量引导调停的西非国家一般会赞成派遣维和部队但是却专注于它这个月的选举。

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It fears that this time the dice may be weighted against its more costly but "better value" A330-based tanker in favour of Boeing's smaller 767 derivative.

空客害怕这一次可能有黑箱操作，导致不会选择虽然更贵但“更物有所值”的基于A330的空中加油机，而会选择较小的基于波音767的衍生机型。

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But now the tide may be turning in its favour.

但是现在峰回路转了。

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Gartner - a tech consultancy - said the fact Windows RT offered Microsoft's Office software suite, would act in its favour, but might not be enough to compensate for other "missing" software.

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It duly got one, with all but one African country voting in its favour.

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But, Italy has other points in its favour, including its recent record of doing the right thing.

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