At least 18 people died at the Love Parade music festival in Germany today when they were crushed inside a tunnel during a stampede caused by panic.

今天，在德国举行的“爱的大巡游”音乐节上，在一个隧道里面因恐慌而逃窜发生的踩踏至少导致了18人死亡。

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Small children, stiff as starfish in their snowsuits, toddle blithely inside the corral, unfazed by the reindeer stampede around them.

孩子们穿着厚厚的防雪服，僵硬得如同海星，在围栏里跌跌撞撞地走来走去，开心极了，全然不惧周围蜂拥而至的驯鹿。

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Since then, even some official media have been speaking of a deep-seated “crisis of confidence” lately illustrated by a nationwide stampede to buy salt.

从那时起，一些官方媒体恰好讨论由全国范围疯狂抢购食盐展现的深层的“信任危机”。

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That has prompted a stampede by cash-strapped governors and mayors to the federal treasury for one last bail-out before the law comes into force, probably this week.

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Instead, they should seek to get ahead of the stampede by offering good ideas that will reform the government and bring back into balance the role of the government to the taxpayers.

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At Olympic Plaza, a public square in downtown Calgary, a breakfast is hosted every morning by Stampede organizers and volunteers.

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