Catastrophes should not stop human progress, but they should be used to make proper conclusions.

灾难不应该阻滞人类进步，而我们也需要从中学习些正确的结论。

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Some progress in liberalizing markets was made, but not enough to stop Italy's GDP growth rate during 2001-10 from being the 180th worst in the world, just ahead of Haiti's.

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Obama also made clear that Israel has the right to defend itself as it sees fit, which amounted to a diplomatic signal that Washington would not stop a unilateral Israeli strike at some future point if no progress occurred.

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