Although this is similar to the rate in Somalia to the south, it is roughly twice as high as that of Saudi Arabia and nearly three times as high as those in the more modernized Gulf Arab states.

虽然这与南方的索马里的出生率相似，但却是沙特阿拉伯的两倍，和现代阿拉伯海湾各国的三倍。

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Salt levels in the Arabian Gulf are eight times higher in some places than they should be, as power-hungry water plants return salt to an already saline sea.

在阿拉伯湾的一些区域，因为滤出盐分的回流，海水的含盐量比通常情况高了八倍的八倍。

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Mandy Joye: the methane concentrations in these plumes are 100 to 10, 000 times what you would normally see in Gulf of Mexico water.

曼迪·乔伊：墨西哥湾原油层甲烷气体浓度是正常情况下的100到10000倍。

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Although the president has visited the Gulf coast three times since the spill began, he is getting poor grades.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

This article was originally published in the Gulf Times on Wednesday, January 9, 2013.

UNESCO: A wake-up call to protect marine life, coastal vegetation

The media and the military "are separated by a large and at times fatal gulf of mutual misunderstanding", said Insi Director Rodney Pinder.

BBC: NEWS | Middle East | Journalists' safety is top priority

Bob Dickey, who runs Gannett's community papers, says they have realised there is no need to work out what to say about the Gulf oil leak seven times.

ECONOMIST: Newspapers