When the young man claimed they had been snatched near some isolated farmland at the edge of the city, Mr. Singh became suspicious: it was an unlikely place for a robbery.

当这个年轻人说他们曾在城市边缘的荒僻的农田里附近被抢劫，辛格开始有所怀疑：这看起来不像一个会被抢劫的地方。

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Sunday evening, a curfew was placed on the city of Hilla, the provincial capital near where the attack took place.

星期天晚上，攻击事件发生地附近的巴比尔省首府希拉城实行了宵禁。

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Acts27:8 And coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

徒二七8我们沿岸航行，好不容易来到一个地方名叫佳澳，离那里不远，有拉西亚城。

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If your cap rate is 8% you could, of course, wind up with a real return well below that-if a tenant trashes the place or if the house is near a city with a weak economy.

FORBES: I, Landlord

The shooting and abduction took place in Midland City, a small town near Dothan, Ala.

NPR: Ala. Town Mourns For Bus Driver Amid Standoff