A ship bearing aid including food, water, medical supplies as well as body bags arrived Thursday at Sikakap, on North Pagai island, one of the two worst-hit islands in the Mentawai group.

一艘装着救援物资的船于周四抵达了北巴盖岛的锡卡克，其中包括食物、水、医疗设备以及裹尸袋。锡卡克是明打威两个灾情最严重的岛屿之一。

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Two brown pelicans stand among a flock of seagulls on the shore of Ship Island, Mississippi, on Thursday while an oil containment boom floats in the water nearby.

星期四，在密西西比州轮船岛的海滨，两只棕鹈鹕站在一群海鸥当中。附近，阻油围栅浮于水面。

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A stick bug from the island of Borneo measuring well over a foot in length has been identified by researchers as the world's longest insect, British scientists said Thursday.

英国科学家于上周四称，在婆罗洲群岛发现的一种身长超过1英尺的竹节虫为目前世界上最长的昆虫。

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Last Thursday, a fire at a nightclub in Rhode Island claimed the lives of 97 people.

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Banks in the Mediterranean island nation will remain closed until Thursday.

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Emergency flood barriers were installed on Osney Island, Oxford on Thursday while the Loddon Bridge Park and Ride site in Wokingham is closed.

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