Its future was secured after a group of Nobel prize winners convinced the prime minister at the time, Yukio Hatoyama, that Japan should not settle for second best.

不过京的未来是有保障的，会有一批诺贝尔获奖者去说服当时的首相鸠山由纪夫，日本永远不会屈居第二。

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The move was welcomed by the former British prime minister Tony Blair, who is working with the Climate Group.

英国前首相托尼·布莱尔和气候集团共事，他欢迎三家公司的加入。

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In his monthly news conference, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown laid out the groundwork he feels must be done before the important Group of 20 economic summit April 2 in London.

英国首相布朗在他的月度新闻发布会上列出了他觉得在重要的20国集团经济高峰会4月2号在伦敦举行之前必须完成的基础工作。

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But Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was the only leader from a major industrial nation in the Group of Eight.

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Last week, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon set off a storm when he described the group as a "virus."

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Indonesia agreed to accept the group on humanitarian grounds after a visit by Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

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But the Iraqi deputy prime minister also welcomed the group's calls for dialogue with the neighbours.

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Only a few weeks ago the prime minister told a group of school children that he lived in "in a little flat, a very nice flat actually, above number 11 Downing Street... but what I get up to in there, that's private".

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In the House of Commons on Wednesday, Labour MP Sian James invited the prime minister to meet the Visteon Pensioners Action Group.

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