The world in 2010 asked the analysts at the Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company of the Economist, to identify the world's worst country in the year ahead.

应《展望2010》特刊之要求，经济学人智库(《经济学人》的姊妹公司)旗下的分析师们确定了未来一年全球最糟糕的国家。

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It began when the Georgians arrested four Russian officers, accusing them of belonging to a military intelligence unit and recruiting Georgians to a spy ring.

格方逮捕了4名俄方人员，指控他们是军事情报机构的成员，涉嫌招募当地人员加入他们的间谍网。

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The Economist Intelligence Unit, as reported in “The world in figures” section of this edition, envisages growth of a mere 1.5%.

2010年10月调查显示，共识认为2011年的增长率仅维持在2.4%，（经济学家智库则认为增长率只有1.5%，见本期“数字世界”部分。）

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"The rise stems from increased investment in information technology, particularly back-office and in fact call centres, " Gareth Price of the Economist Intelligence Unit told the BBC's World Business Report.

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But analyst Jason Karaian of the Economist Intelligence Unit said that the total extra funding needed by banks would be far higher in the long run.

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But Tom Rafferty of the Economist Intelligence Unit told the BBC the issue was unlikely to be just "a passing glitch", and said that such practices could pose technical and political challenges to Tencent because international users were accustomed to sharing information freely.

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