Members of the country's elite have many personal ties with the West: they own property in London, send their children to British and American universities and hold foreign bank accounts.

这个国家的精英成员和西方有许多私人关系：他们在伦敦有财产，把自己的孩子送到英国和美国的大学读书，还有外国银行账户。

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The diaspora itself can lead to economic and private benefits at home - China and India both have strong ties with their diaspora and this is also beginning to happen in Africa.

海外流散本身可以导致本国的经济和私人利益——中国和印度都和它们的海外侨民保持强有力的联系，这种情况也逐渐在非洲出现。

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We have become citizens of the world and yet have maintained close ties with our loved ones, thanks in part to the widespread availability of E-mail.

我们成了世界公民，而且还与我们爱的人保持亲密联系，在某种程度上要感谢电子邮件的广泛应用。

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(Recording) An enthusiastic recent gathering of the newly formed, mostly Sunni Iraqi "Accordance Front" brings together many of those disenfranchised Iraqis, some of whom have ties with the "resistance" abroad.

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The United States cut ties with Iran after the 1979 Revolution, but Iran and Britain still have diplomatic relations.

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