The tiny Yellow Sea island, controlled by South Korea and fortified by a garrison of South Korean marines, lies 75 miles off South Korea's coast.

这种微小的黄海之滨岛，韩国控制，韩国海军陆战队守备森严，位于韩国的海岸75英里以外。

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The island of Corsica is visible in the Ligurian Sea to the south (image top).

在照片上方——利古里亚海的南端是著名的科西嘉岛。

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Two years ago America complained when Chinese vessels harassed a surveillance ship, the USNS Impeccable, in the south China Sea south of the Chinese island-province of Hainan.

两年前，美国抱怨中国船只干扰美国侦查舰无畏号在海南以南的南中国海的侦查活动。

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"We believe that South Africa has so much more economic potential and it cannot exist as an island of relative prosperity amid a sea of untapped opportunity elsewhere on the continent,"

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Hundreds of years ago, a book was written about the various bubbles through time: think alchemy, turning lead into gold, the South Sea Island bubble, and my particular favorite, the Tulip Bubble.

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Our boat throttles forward and we head out of the almost-deserted bay of Luka Soline, into the morning light, moving south across an island-dotted sea.

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The Becky Lou was impounded by the Sea Fisheries vessel the Leopardess off the south coast of the island on Monday.

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