Seven people were wounded when soldiers fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds.

有7人在士兵们发射橡皮子弹驱散人群时受了伤。

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They asked him to leave—in other words he was fired.

他们请他走人，也就是说，他被解雇了。

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He fired off a letter and copied it to the president.

他发出了一封信，并且抄送给了总裁。

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Israel,which launched a full-scale assault on Gaza says its blockade aims to weaken Hamas militants who have fired rockets at Israeli towns.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Security forces fired tear gas to break up the pro-Zelaya marchers, who are also accused of vandalizing buildings in the country's capital overnight.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

To make matter worse,according to Sosa, the government has fired thousands of technicians from the state-owned oil company,PDVSA and replaced them with workers whose primary qualification is their loyalty to President Chavez.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Prosecutors in New Jersey recently used the Patriot Act to convict Yehuda Abraham, whose services were used in a plot to sell shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles to terrorists with the understanding that they were going to be used to shoot down U.S. commercial aircraft.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Happy birthday, Patriot Act!

This is partially being done by switching coal-fired plants to the cleaner-burning natural gas.

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Why not simply convert coal-fired electricity-generating plants to natural gas?

ECONOMIST: Expedient