No one believed the soldiers stationed at the border would actually open fire.

没人相信驻扎在边境的士兵们会真的开火。

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A few days later, Shara called Madeleine Albright and rejected Barak's offer, saying the Syrians would open negotiations on Lebanon only after the border demarcation was agreed upon.

几天后，沙拉打电话给马德莱娜·奥尔布赖特，拒绝了巴拉克的提议，他说，只有在边界问题确定后才会启动黎巴嫩和谈。

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The border was open — much to the confusion of the border guards.

边境打开了-边检站的士兵们还很疑惑。

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"First of all, we're asking to organize a corridor, not simply open the border, but to deploy some forces, which could lead people out who cannot get out of their houses, who are under siege, to help them cross the border, at least into Uzbekistan because it is the nearest country."

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An open border would also make it harder to contain a domestic banking crisis.

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Belarus's open border with Russia makes it an easy route for foreign firms into that burgeoning market.

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But there are people who say let's have work visas, let's have a fence, let's have an open border.

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