Ministers have begun work on the vexed issue of economic union.

部长们已经开始着手处理这个棘手的经济联盟问题。

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Surprisingly, the European Union has yet to plumb the depths of this issue, as have most member states.

令人惊奇的是，欧盟和其中许多成员国至今没有深入研究这个问题。

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A: China appreciates the positive role played by the African Union on the Libyan issue.

答：中方赞赏非盟在利比亚问题上发挥的积极作用。

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He said slavery had not tied the states of the Union together, but had always been an issue that divided them.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

The states of the South were very close to leaving the Union over the issue of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

They had begun to leave the Union over the issue of slavery.

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Meanwhile, the chair of the policing board in NI has said he believes dialogue on the union flag issue will "bear fruit".

BBC: Police at loyalist protest

But Alliance politicians continue to question these statements, pointing to the decision by both DUP and UUP councillors to distribute 40, 000 Alliance-style yellow leaflets as a blatant attempt to ramp up tensions over the Union flag issue.

BBC: No mainstream party can wash its hands of flag dispute

It did not take long before another European Union sovereign debt issue hit the news headlines.

FORBES: Comex Gold, Silver Weaker as Key "Outside Markets" in Bearish Posture Wednesday