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In their responses, you can see the main reasons why terrorism has failed to be curbed at the root. – Li Wei	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It is true that announced figures for infection and deaths are low, but those are based on the tests that were curbed, it is clear that there are quite a few (cases) that have fallen through the cracks. – Yasuharu Tokuda	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
The easy actions have been done very well but now there is more that needs to be done, motor vehicles in cities have to be curbed - so far, there has been little action in that regard, because it will be very unpopular with drivers. – Chen Songxi	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I am sure these projections that elephants could vanish at the Selous by 2022 are based on past events, not the current situation on the ground, we haven't completely curbed poaching -- we need to step up our efforts. But elephant populations are actually rising and stabilizing in some parts of the country, although poaching has not been completely eradicated. – Gaudence Milanzi	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Russia's anti-terrorist operations in Syria are part of international counter-terrorism efforts. Russia's military operations in Syria in the past six months have effectively curbed the spread of extremists and terrorists there. I think this is encouraging progress. – Xie Xiaoyan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The possibility for A shares to rebound in the following month is quite big given liquidity is rich in the market now and short-selling ability has been largely curbed, if confidence comes back, it is not difficult for the index to rise to last Friday's level, which was 4,100 points. – Zhang Qi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Regardless of having already curbed 2015 spending, we will ask parliament to cut by 10 percent all expenditure apart from defence spending. This is the decision we have made. – Anton Siluanov	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

In their responses, you can see the main reasons why terrorism has failed to be curbed at the root.

– Li Wei

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It is true that announced figures for infection and deaths are low, but those are based on the tests that were curbed, it is clear that there are quite a few (cases) that have fallen through the cracks.

– Yasuharu Tokuda

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The easy actions have been done very well but now there is more that needs to be done, motor vehicles in cities have to be curbed - so far, there has been little action in that regard, because it will be very unpopular with drivers.

– Chen Songxi

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I am sure these projections that elephants could vanish at the Selous by 2022 are based on past events, not the current situation on the ground, we haven't completely curbed poaching -- we need to step up our efforts. But elephant populations are actually rising and stabilizing in some parts of the country, although poaching has not been completely eradicated.

– Gaudence Milanzi

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Russia's anti-terrorist operations in Syria are part of international counter-terrorism efforts. Russia's military operations in Syria in the past six months have effectively curbed the spread of extremists and terrorists there. I think this is encouraging progress.

– Xie Xiaoyan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The possibility for A shares to rebound in the following month is quite big given liquidity is rich in the market now and short-selling ability has been largely curbed, if confidence comes back, it is not difficult for the index to rise to last Friday's level, which was 4,100 points.

– Zhang Qi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Regardless of having already curbed 2015 spending, we will ask parliament to cut by 10 percent all expenditure apart from defence spending. This is the decision we have made.

– Anton Siluanov

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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