This year, the escalating crisis in the Middle East largely squeezed out the subjects on which the attendees were hoping to reach agreement.

今年，中东地区的危机不断深化，圣彼得堡的参会者们不得不将本打算达成协议的议题往后推。

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Things go downhill from youth to middle age until they reach a nadir commonly known as the mid-life crisis.

从青年到中年这一段是走下坡路的，一直到达最低点，也就是大家所熟知的中年危机。

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California is in the middle of a full-fledged budget crisis, after all.

毕竟加加利佛尼亚州正处在全面的预算危机中。

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A senior Middle East analyst with the International Crisis Group in Jerusalem,Rob Blecher, says frustration over continued expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the general lack of progress toward achieving a Palestinian state,has prompted the Palestinian leadership to look for new strategies.

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Reduced supply is genuinely worthy of worry, especially if it comes suddenly from a Middle East crisis.

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Later, he will give a Commons statement on the wider Middle East crisis.

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The current Middle East crisis is simply not amenable to the sort of expeditious resolution sought by President Bush and Secretary of State Baker.

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