In a cogent hour-long address, televised live and delivered with few notes, Mr Musharraf defended his nine-year rule.

一小时的电视直播讲话，他很少看稿，并为自己九年来的统治做了有力的辩护。

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In the last decade of Mr Mubarak's 30-year rule, Egypt's privately owned press began to overtake the stodgy state-owned media.

在穆巴拉克30年统治的最后十年里，埃及私人媒体开始逐渐超越死板的官方媒体。

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The museum curators generally stick to a 10-year rule, meaning they wait a decade to determine what items were pivotal enough to warrant a place in the history of computing.

博物馆馆长通常遵守“10年定律”，即要等产品问世十年后才决定其是否能在计算的历史中占有一席之地。

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He is replacing Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, whose nine-year rule saw failed power grabs and opposition impeachment bids against her because of allegations of vote-rigging, corruption and rights abuses.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

That was the year Mexicans got their independence after years of revolt against Spanish rule.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

The rule will limit pay to no more than five hundred thousand dollars a year.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

Malaysia's ruling coalition has won a simple majority in the country's election, extending its 56-year rule.

BBC: Malaysia vote: PM Najib Razak's Barisan Nasional wins

The files disappearance was noticed when other documents from the period were released under the 30-year rule.

BBC: Missing arms files turn up

During Abdoulaye Wade's 12-year rule, Karim Wade held several ministerial posts simultaneously, including minister for infrastructure and air transportation.

BBC: Senegal's Karim Wade charged with corruption