Several states still permitted them, and such action could have prevented far more abortions than the partial-birth bill, but the anti-abortion forces in Congress killed it.

几个州仍批准了禁令，这样的做法原本可以比“部分分娩流产术”法案阻止更多的堕胎行为，但国会反对堕胎的势力扼杀了它。

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And if inflation expectations resume a sustained fall, then the balance of forces may move strongly in favour of additional action.

如果通胀预期持续的下降，那么力量对比可能对增加新举措有利。

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The death of the three soldiers brought to eight the number of special forces troops known to have been killed in action in Afghanistan since 2006.

自从2006年在阿富汗展开反恐行动开始，包括这起事件中的三名遇难的士兵在内，已知已经有8个特种部队士兵被杀。

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General Jacoby says Iraqi security forces are improving every day, and took action in three of the four attacks on Tuesday that prevented them from being worse.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

"There is no justification for the international forces to rescue their own national, and retrieve the dead body of their own soldier killed in action, and leave behind the dead body of Sultan Munadi in the area."

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The hostage case in Kumbotso offered a glimpse of the security forces in action.

WSJ: On Terror's New Front Line, Mistrust Blunts U.S. Strategy

He has used his calm skills to tread a careful line on such controversial issues as the EU Rapid Reaction Force and British participation in National Missile Defence, as well as overseeing British forces in military action in Afghanistan.

BBC: Geoff Hoon

In 1991, 148 U.S. forces were killed in action.

CNN: Coalition deaths fewer than in 1991