The prime minister resigned today, clearing the way for the formation of a new government.

首相今天辞职了，为新政府的组建铺平了道路。

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Despite the mood, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, back in London after last weekend's G-20 economic summit in Washington, says the way out of this global problem is a coordinated global approach.

尽管存在这种情绪，上个周末在华盛顿参加了20国集团经济峰会之后回到伦敦的英国首相布朗说，全球采取协调一致的行动是摆脱这个全球性问题的途径。

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He had fallen a long way, from being oil minister of one of the world's largest oil-producing countries to a detainee whose only possession was his prison jumpsuit.

时过境迁，此刻的他已经从世界第一产油大国石油部长的高位上一落千丈，沦为除一身牢衣之外别无长物的阶下囚徒。

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Blake says the Obama administration held off on engaging India in a major way until the completion of elections in May that strengthened the hold on power by Prime Minister Singh's ruling Congress party.

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And within DECC, Mr Davey's position must be weakened in some way by the advent of a minister with views very different from the previous incumbent, Charles Hendry, who was massively popular with the renewables industry.

BBC: Harrabin's Notes: Climate shuffles

However, analysts and democracy advocates believe militiamen are using the isolation law as a way to get rid of Prime Minister Ali Zidan, who has vowed to restore the authority of the state and disband the armed groups that have become a power unto themselves in Libya.

NPR: Storming Ministries, Libya's Militias Put Pressure

There are many who, I know, are sick of the story of "plebgate" or who long ago took the view that, whatever words Andrew Mitchell actually used, the minister behaved in a way that no member of the public would get away with.

BBC: Why the Andrew Mitchell 'plebgate' story matters