Although Yemen has a law stating that 15 is the marriageable age, it is frequently flouted, particularly in poor rural areas where society is run along tribal lines.

尽管也门法律规定15岁为适婚年龄，但规定常常被违反，特别是在贫困的农村地区那里社会运转依靠部落维系。

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About 70 per cent of the poor live in rural areas.

大约有70%的贫困人口生活在农村地区。

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And Congress, stronger in poor, rural areas, is a more obvious champion of the jobless poor than is the BJP, with its base in richer urban places.

在贫穷的农村拥有更大影响力的国大党比起基础在富裕城市的人民党来说无疑更容易赢得失业者的支持。

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He says current tests can sometimes take weeks in rural and poor areas of the world.

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Poor people in rural areas often cannot get banking services.

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Most live in poor rural areas.

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The Scottish Executive's reluctance to interfere with an industry that has brought thousands of jobs to poor rural areas is understandable.

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It is fair to say that Chavez basically won in the rural and very poor areas and lost in the urban areas.

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