The army would try to hold the western desert with a bare minimum of forces.

军队将尽量用最少的兵力控制西部沙漠。

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The average annual rainfall in India's North-East is 110 times that in its western desert.

印度东北部的年均降雨量是它西部沙漠地区的110倍。

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Apache Corporation, a smaller American firm with the biggest concessions in Egypt’s western desert, took a chance 15 years ago and now pumps some 150, 000 barrels a day.

阿帕奇（Apache）公司是一家小型的美国公司，在埃及西部沙漠拥有最大特权。 15年前它在这片区域风险投产，如今每天的产量大约是15万桶。

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The western desert state of Nevada is called The Silver State.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

The western desert state of Nevada is called the Silver State.

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The scientists at Los Alamos have worked unmolested for decades, comfortably ensconced in the south-western desert.

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Seven-year-old Santosh hadn't been in her new job a week yet in Dabbi, in the western desert state of Rajasthan, when a reporter visited.

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The two initialled contracts were with Soyuzneftegaz for the 100, 000-barrel-a-day Rafidain field in southern Iraq and with Tatneft for block nine in the Western Desert.

BBC: Russia strikes Iraq oil deal