Even as the setting sun silhouettes these gigantic structures against the great desert expanse, a call for prayer floats over semi-finished apartment blocks filled with the activity of city life.

在广阔的沙漠中，夕阳映照出这些巨大建筑的轮廓，但在充满城市生活活力的半成品公寓楼上空，传来了祈祷的召唤。

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Most obviously, the health consequences of poverty and squalid living conditions are contagious in a city setting. They are detrimental to all city dwellers.

最明显的是，在城市环境中，贫穷和肮脏生活条件的健康后果具有传染性，对所有城市居民都有害处。

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A staggering 160000 musicians, sang 7 Hindu devotional songs composed by the poet Tallapaka Annamacharya in a southern Indian city Sunday, setting a new world record.

10日，在印度南部某城市，16万人齐声合唱了7首由印度著名音乐诗人陀拉巴卡·安纳马查拉创作的赞美天神诗歌，刷新了1937年8月2日由德国6万人合唱国歌的世界纪录。

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The shining jewel of the Adriatic, Dubrovnik, is for many reasons one of the most popular destinations: its gorgeous cliff-top setting, its history as a rival city-state to Venice and its honey-coloured roofs (or what was left after shelling in the Bosnian War).

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Fifer says the city also plans to experiment with municipal uses of the network, like setting up Wi-Fi-enabled traffic cameras, trash cans that can wirelessly call the city when they need to be emptied or traffic meters that call in when they're overdue.

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The city provided a setting of which only Hollywood could dream--largely French, but with an extraordinary mix of populations.

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