In a statement, the company told the BBC it didn't discriminate against women, but that the firm was going through a bad time, and that the area worst affected was where women worked.

在一份声明中，该公司告诉BBC，他们并不歧视任何女性，但是公司正面临艰难的境地，而受影响最严重的就是女性工作的领域。

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First, river levels are continuing to rise in the northeast Australian state of Queensland where an area larger than Texas is being affected by the worst flooding in half a century.

首先，受半个世纪以来最严重的洪水影响，澳大利亚东北部大于德克萨斯州的昆士兰州，其水位在不停上涨。

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About 24 million people live in the five regions struck by Cyclone Nargis. The Irrawaddy Delta River area is the worst hit, with up to 95 percent of the population affected.

大约有2千400万人生活在热带风暴“纳尔·吉斯”袭击的五个地区，伊洛瓦底河三角洲地区是受灾最严重的，大约有高达95%的人口受到影响。

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Tourism bosses, particularly in the worst affected area of Dumfries and Galloway, reported falling numbers of overseas tourists.

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The authorities have now deployed additional security to prevent further violence and a curfew has been imposed in the worst affected area of Ramu sub-district.

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Encouragingly, the proportion covered in sub-Saharan Africa, the worst-affected area and the one with the least developed health infrastructure, is slightly higher than the global average, at 44%.

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