Police in London are lining up a huge police operation for the Notting Hill Carnival in the wake of the rioting and looting that hit the city earlier this month.

本月早些时候，伦敦发生了骚乱和抢劫事件，目前伦敦警方正在为诺丁山狂欢节组织大规模警力。

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Yesterday, security around the church increased exponentially throughout the early morning, until it became the largest security operation the city had ever seen.

昨天整个凌晨教堂周围的保卫工作明显加强，安全等级之高为这座城市前所未见。

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In four of these areas the decline was much steeper than in comparable parts of the city where Operation Ceasefire was not in place.

其中四个地区的下降幅度远远超过没有执行“停火行动”的同类地区。

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Half an hour's drive away in Parma, Ohio's seventh-largest city, a rival operation was at work.

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