"And that has been confirmed by people on the ground." Foreign Office Minister Lord Malloch Brown quickly retracted his statement, saying he agreed with the prime minister that the number of helicopters was sufficient for the current operation.

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I don't know if you know how a spark plug works, but for the electrical current to fly into operation in a spark plug, the two points of contact have to be gapped.

我不知道你们是否知道,火花塞是怎样工作的，在电流通入火花塞中使它运转之前，两个接触点之间需要有空隙。

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Supporters of the current operation at Howard say it has hit trafficking from South America.

ECONOMIST: Panama and the United States

Mr. ROBERT GATES (U.S. Secretary of Defense): The current operation must be as short and as precisely targeted as possible.

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the aim of the current operation was to stop Islamist militants advancing any further.

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