Today marks the first observance of World statistics day, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly to recognize the importance of statistics in shaping our societies.

我们在今天首次纪念世界统计日，联合国大会宣布这个纪念日，是为了确认统计对社会的重要影响。

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Its western range now extends to Oregon, but in the eastern United States the white-tailed kite remains a bird of the South. Normally, South Carolina marks its northern limit.

白尾鸢的活动范围一般不会跨越西部不俄勒冈州，在美国的东部，人们将白尾鸢看作一种只能生活在南部的鸟类——白尾鸢的活动范围不会超出加利福尼亚州的南部。

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Earth Day, celebrated on April 22 each year, marks the anniversary of the birth in 1970 of the modern environmental movement in the United States.

每年4月22日的“地球日”(Earth Day)是1970年在美国诞生的现代环保活动纪念日。

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This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list.

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A poll marking hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's first 100 days in office gives him positive marks despite a deepening dispute with the United States over Jewish settlements.

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Chinese companies have become relatively easy marks in United States litigation because they typically have no clue how to handle a United States litigation matter.

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But he still has question marks over the Manchester United striker's match fitness.

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This 2011 International Biological Diversity Day marks the launch of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity.

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