All these proposed changes were part of a new border-security bill that passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate last week.

受到提议的所有改变都是一项新的边境安全法案的一部分，该法案在众议院通过，但上周在参议院被否决。

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Last month, a costly fire swept around Lake Tahoe, on the border of Nevada and California.

上个月，一场损失巨大的火灾席卷了内华达和加州边境的泰和湖区。

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Earlier this year Mr Obama at last allowed Mexican trucks to operate north of the border.

今年早些时候，奥巴马先生最终允许墨西哥卡车进入边境以北运营。

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Last week, President Obama attended a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on the French-German border.

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However,the Canadian government required that each person had to bring enough supplies to last for one year if they wanted to cross the border into Canada.

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Some stories end tragically. More than 200 suspected border crossers died last year in the desert near Tucson.

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Iri said the explosion hit the last Turkish border gate before Syrian territory.

CNN: Blast kills 13 at Turkish customs gate on Syrian border

But where were the Ugandan troops supposedly patrolling the border last week?

ECONOMIST: Uganda

The Shabab says it downed a Kenyan military helicopter flying along the border last month, though Kenya denies it.

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