In May, Continental and United airlines announced a definitive merger plan, making it the world's biggest air carrier -- a title previously held by Delta.

五月，Continental航空公司和United航空公司宣布了合并计划，取代Delta成为世界上最大的航空运输商。

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"We hope to establish a continental plan for prevention, and if necessary a mechanism to fight this outbreak that has not yet affected Africa, " the AU's Peace and Security Commissioner Jean Ping said in Addis Ababa.

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Yet earlier this month the Interior Department released a new five-year plan that puts most of the Outer Continental Shelf off-limits for oil drilling.

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The group in the Senate says its plan probably would allow drilling in new areas of the outer continental shelf, an idea vehemently opposed by Democratic leaders.

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