Perhaps, as the opposition insists, it would demonstrate a clear victory for Odinga.

也可能如反对派所坚持的那样，它会显示Odinga大获全胜。

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And, although Turkmenbashi died in December, his successor, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, has continued to imprison dissidents, stifle freedom of expression, and scoff at democracy, as February’s rigged elections demonstrate.

虽然 Turkmenbashi在去年十二月死去，他的继任者Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov继续关押持不同政见者，遏制言论自由，并嘲弄民主，正如他在二月份舞弊的选举中所表现的那样。

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Thus, if the Democrats demonstrate a minimum of compassion, sensitivity, and realism, they can count on a 7% advantage in the popular vote.

这样，如果民主党表现出最低程度的同情、敏感以及现实主义，那么他们就可以在全民投票中得到7%的优势。

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He has chosen to demonstrate this most clearly in the field of foreign policy.

他尤其清楚地在外交政策领域选择展示这一点。

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That this is untrue is demonstrated by those, from Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez to Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, who are exploiting America’s loss of standing and influence.

这种想法的错误性可以从那些利用美国声誉和影响力的削弱来大肆捞取利益的人身上可以看出来，从俄罗斯的弗拉基米尔·普京、委内瑞拉的雨果·查维斯，到伊朗的艾哈迈迪·内贾德和津巴布韦的罗伯特·穆加贝。

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As the launch of the peace process at the 1991 Madrid International Peace Conference demonstrated, the prospects for peace in the Middle East always needed a concerted international push to exploit windows of opportunity.

正如1992年马德里国际和平会议所发起的和平进程所表明的，中东地区的和平前景永远都需要国际社会的一致行动来挖掘和平的机会。

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Ever since, the regime has been intolerant of a strong president, and has repeatedly demonstrated that the office is subservient to the Supreme Leader.

从那时以来，伊朗政权就不再容忍强势总统，而且还不断表明总统应当听命于最高领导人。

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In addition, the agreement signed on March 20, 1998 also demonstrated this point.

再者，上述提到的1998年3月20日双方签订的《协议书》也说明了这 一点。

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Of course, in their respective judgments on Russia and China, the West – and Europeans in particular – may be demonstrating selective emotions.

当然，西方特别是欧洲人对俄国和中国作出判断可能会表现出选择性的情感。

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