Global energy reserves being distributed as they are, foreign oil majors will surely take whatever terms Russia offers; anyway, some Russians believe, business always is a grubby affair.

既然全球能源储备的分布格局有利于俄罗斯，那么外国石油巨头自然会对俄方提出的要求全盘皆收。总之，一些俄罗斯人对“生意场上无非就是黑吃黑”的潜逻辑笃信不疑。

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THE Lebanese ambulance affair is giving Foreign Minister Alexander Downer a first-hand lesson in the difficulties of accurate reporting from the front line of war.

黎巴嫩救护事件给外交大臣亚力山大?唐纳上了一课，告诉他在战争前线作出正确报导的困难性。

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The foreign expert should ask for a private affair leave from the school. The private affair leave cannot be longer than 10 days. Over one day, the school will deduct two day's salary.

外专请事假须经校方同意，学校将按日扣发工资，在合同期内，事假累计不得超过十天，连续事假不得超过三天，超过一天，将扣发两天工资。

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It says the buyout was a purely foreign affair to which U.S. securities laws do not apply.

FORBES: Innocents at Home

Although the country will receive international help to hold the elections, they will take place as a purely domestic affair, unlike the foreign-sponsored elections in Cambodia last year.

ECONOMIST: On democracy��s front line

Declaring ominously that he views Syria's unrest as a domestic Turkish affair, he dispatched his foreign minister on August 9th to demand speeded up reforms and an immediate pull-out of troops from Syrian cities.

ECONOMIST: Syria and the region