EVEN in a country as used to natural disasters as Indonesia, the chaos and the loss of life wreaked by the eruption of Mount Merapi has caused shock.

即使是在印尼这个已经习惯了自然灾害侵袭的国家，默拉皮火山的爆发所引起的混乱和死亡仍然制造了不小的轰动。

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But few who have experienced the contagion of chaos can argue that any country in Europe can seal itself off from the sometimes violent winds of change blowing through the whole continent.

但很少有经历了这场混乱的蔓延的人可以说欧洲的任何一个国家可以把自己从席卷全洲的风暴中封锁起来。

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Many Iraqis have also been kidnapped, mostly for ransom, amid the chaos and lawlessness that swept the country in the aftermath of the invasion.

联军出兵伊拉克后，伊拉克全国陷入一片混乱和无法治状态，很多伊拉克人也被劫持，大部分劫持者要求赎金。

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Some were released,but many killed. Many Iraqis have also been kidnapped, mostly for ransom,amid the chaos and lawlessness that swept the country in the aftermath of the invasion.

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It is important to note that Fujimori inherited a country in total chaos where violence was rampant and where hyperinflation reached 18, 000%.

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The administration of the country was in chaos, he said.

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Last summer, the entire country was in chaos.

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