For him the world stage is a relief from a fading economy at home, but it is no less a reminder of his powerlessness.

对他而言，他在世界舞台的活动只不过是从本国经济衰退得到的一个安慰。但这也是他没有能力的一个提醒。

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China has had 'great success in the initial stage of relief,' he said.

他表示，当前中国抗震救灾斗争已取得重大阶段性成果。

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Or at least the relief that some must have felt. For others, taken captive by wild tribesmen then sold to merchants, the town's infamous slave market would only be the latest stage of their nightmare.

或者说不过有些人才能体验到的快慰，其它人被野蛮部族所俘虏，然后卖给商人，这座城里臭名昭著的奴隶市场是他们噩梦的延续。

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Also, and I hesitate to say this at such an early stage of the relief effort here, but the authorities in India at least, and some other countries in the region, have become quite good at dealing with severe flooding, or earthquakes, catastrophic events on a tsunami scale, if you will.

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If America sacrifices prestige and moral authority on the world stage to buy temporary relief, Western states know exactly how to score the transaction: civilization loses, barbarians win.

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He pointed out that only interim relief was being sought at this stage, and that granting it would cause minimal disruption to Facebook.

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