The soldiers were engaged in a military operation close to the Ugandan border.

士兵们在靠近乌干达边界的地区开展军事行动。

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American forces will concentrate on areas close to the Pakistani border, which are seen as the most troublesome.

美国将集中兵力打击最易出动乱的巴基斯坦边境。

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Both patients resided in the town of Raniya near Sulaimaniyah in the northern part of the country, close to the border with Turkey.

这2名患者均居住在该国北部地区靠近土耳其边界的苏莱曼尼亚附近的拉尼亚镇。

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The pro-slavery majority quickly voted to move to a town close to the Missouri border.

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They were in Tennessee, close to the Kentucky border.

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"Whenever there is an operation close to the border area where there is a possibility of either exchange of firing or crossing.

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"They have to find a way to close this border crossing and I believe they will, " Baker said.

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The overwhelming flow of refugees into the Balkan states prompted Macedonia to close its border with Yugoslavia on Wednesday.

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Will Serbia close the border to Kosovo-Albanians and anyone doing business with them?

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