Last year, China's environment was facing a grave situation, with several major rivers and lakes clogged by industrial waste.

去年，中国的环境面临着严峻的形势，几处主要的河流和湖泊被工业废料堵塞。

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I am also concerned about the grave situation in Gaza.

我也对加沙的严重局势感到关切。

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Both sides are deeply concerned about the grave situation there.

双方都对那里的严重局势深为关心。

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Ngoga Gateretse, Senior Advisor to the African Union Special Envoy for Somalia, called the situation in Mogadishu grave and said al-Shabaab is trying to force an extreme form of Islam on the Somali people, "This is completely new and shocking to the majority of the Somalis.

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Their rise to power will only delay the inevitable and further aggravate an already grave situation.

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However, the Commercial Court in Dublin dismissed his claim, ruling Nama was a proportionate response to the grave situation the state finds itself in.

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He said North Korea was facing a "grave situation", with 200, 000 US troops staging drills in the South and warnings from both countries of a military response to any provocation.

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