Most of the area, population, and industrial production of the Soviet Union, then one of the world "s two superpowers, lay in Russia."

前苏联大部分的地区，人口和工业生产在俄罗斯，使之成为世界两大超级大国之一。

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Per capita tippling in Britain is only the 12th-highest in the European Union, according to the World Health Organisation.

据世界卫生组织数据，英国的人均饮酒量在欧盟国家中排名十二。

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Bad weather - especially an unprecedented heat wave in the former Soviet Union, which led to a sharp fall in world wheat production - has also played a role in driving up food prices.

恶劣的天气——特别是在前苏联地区前所未有的热浪袭击导致世界小麦生产大幅下降——在追高食品价格中也起了一定的作用。

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Leaders of the European Union met Sunday in Brussels to discuss measures to deal with the world financial crisis.

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Until two years ago, the Red List of Threatened Species of the World Conservation Union said Przewalski's horses were extinct in the wild.

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Who knew a single idea could result in a musical world union.

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She topped the bill at the opening of the Welsh Assembly in 1999, and performed the anthem World In Union with Bryn Terfel for the Rugby World Cup in 2000.

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Around the world, union membership in every mature market has declined, despite very different legal systems.

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Wales have hosted games in three Rugby World Cups as the Welsh Rugby Union aided England in 1991 and France in 2007 as well as being main host in 1999.

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