The African Union has called for an immediate cessation of fighting in the democratic republic of Congo between rebels and government forces.

非洲联盟呼吁刚果民主共和国叛军立即停止和政府军之间的战斗。

Because never forget this: in the long sweep of human history, a democratic republic is the rarest form of government on earth.

因为永远不要忘记这一点：在漫长的人类历史中，民主共和国是地球上最罕见的政府形式。

The British oil company Soco has announced that it's given up the exploration license for an area in the democratic republic of Congo's the Virunga National Park.

英国SOCO石油公司宣布放弃在刚果维隆加自然公园的石油开发计划。

The King of Piedmont-Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel II,   became the first king of Italy. The new country would function as a peaceful democratic  republic until after the first world war.

皮埃蒙特-撒丁岛国王维克托·伊曼纽尔二世 (Victor Emmanuel II) 成为意大利的第一任国王。在第一次世界大战之前，这个新国家将作为一个和平的民主共和国运作。

It might be really difficult to sustain the unity which must underlie the differences, the sense that, yes, we've been defeated by the other party, but that's OK because they're also part of our democratic republic.

可能真的很难维持必须隐藏在分歧之下的团结，是的，我们被对方打败了，但这没关系， 因为他们也是我们民主共和国的一部分。