The operation, which has been led by France, Britain and the United States, has failed to end the fighting despite three weeks of airstrikes.

尽管进行了三个星期的空袭，可是由法国、英国和美国领导的行动没能结束战乱。

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The pull-out leaves the American giant with only one European operation, in Britain, where it owns Asda, the country's number two supermarket chain.

从德国撤出使得美国零售巨头在欧洲的业务只剩下英国，沃尔玛拥有英国排行第二的连锁超市Asda。

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In Britain on May 31st Cuadrilla Resources said it was halting a fracking operation near Blackpool, pending investigation of two small earth tremors which it may have triggered.

5月31日，英国Cuadrilla资源公司表示，在黑泽附近的页岩气开采已停止作业，现正接受水力压裂开采法是否引发两次微型地震的调查。

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British commanders say this Operation is making good progress, but in Afghanistan as a whole it has been a tough month, and in Britain public opinion-polls indicate public support is falling.

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Last year Hutchison Telecom exchanged its highly successful Orange mobile phone operation in Britain for 10% of Germany's Mannesmann services conglomerate.

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The pull-out leaves the American giant with only one European operation, in Britain, where it owns Asda, the country's number two supermarket chain.

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Odey Asset Management, another hedge-fund titan, says it is in the process of establishing a Swiss operation in order to give itself some options, although it is unlikely that the whole operation would leave Britain.

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