Pompey had cleared the Mediterranean of pirates, which is something that our governments can't seem to do.

庞贝清除了地中海的海盗，这点我们政府似乎办不到。

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"The eligibility of the athletes has already been investigated and authorized by the international federation and, if they hadn't been cleared, they wouldn't have participated in the games, " said Wang Wei, executive vice president of the Beijing Olympic Committee.

CNN: Age of Chinese gymnasts investigated

The remaining seven power projects involving investments of 320 billion rupees still haven't been cleared.

WSJ: India Clears Projects Worth Several Billion Dollars

There are still plenty of ditches around us which haven't been cleared properly.

BBC: Floods 2007: Five years on, has enough been done?