In the Middle Ages about one in ten Europeans could read; today, with a few exceptions, such as India and parts of Africa, the global rate is comfortably above eight out of ten.

中世纪，十个欧洲人里有一个能够阅读；今天，除了印度和非洲的一些地区极个别例外，全球识字率在80%以上。

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It seems that global rate cut may start, US Federal Reserve injects large amount of cash by every means, selling pressure in US equity could be released through coming weeks.

看来，全球降息的可能开始，美国联邦储备注入大量现金的一切手段，出售在美国的压力可能是公平推出未来数周内通过。

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The ECB, the U.K. central bank and Sweden's Riksbank took part in a coordinated global rate cut on Oct. 8 with the U.S. Federal Reserve, lowering their key rates by a half percentage point.

欧洲央行、英国央行、瑞典央行都与美国联邦储备委员会(Fed)一起参与了10月8日全球联合减息的行动，均将基准利率下调了50个基点。

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This translates into an 87 percent cure rate, which,for the first time, exceeds the 85 percent global target set in 1991.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

She says raising the global breast-feeding rate to 90 percent would prevent the deaths of an estimated 13 percent of all children under the age of five in the developing world.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

For much of the past century there were average global increases of 1.7 millimeters a year, but that rate doubled between 1993 and 2007.(мظ) Some regions, notably Western Australia have suffered more than others, partly,scientists say, because of how gravitational pull affects tides.

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The bank was also recently fined for being embroiled in a global rate-rigging scandal.

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And because of a persistent focus on awareness, the global rate of new infections and deaths is declining.

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The global rate of HIV infection dropped 21 percent from 1997 to 2010.

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