Initial reports said eight people had died, though that number is expected to rise dramatically as more aftershocks and tsunami waves batter the region.

虽然最初的报道称有8人死亡，但预计随着更多余震的发生和海啸对该区域的猛烈打击，死亡人数还会急剧上升。

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Since then, there have been all kinds of rumors about the buyer. Initial reports said the buyer was Russian. Other reports said it was a British hedge funder.

关于这艘船的买家，后来出现了各种各样的八卦消息。开始有消息说买家是俄国人，另外有消息又说是英国一位做对冲基金的人士。

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The masked raiders bound, blindfolded and beat the crew before, initial reports said, departing in an inflatable boat 12 hours later, leaving the ship's communications equipment damaged.

非常开始的报道称，戴着面罩的袭击者跳上船，蒙上船员的眼睛并殴打了他们，12小时后乘充气艇离开，并毁坏了船上的通讯设备。

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In initial reports, senior Somali military and police officials said a foreigner approached government soldiers near the Villa Somalia presidential palace in Mogadishu early Wednesday, identifying himself as one of the French men abducted by gunmen at the Sahafi Hotel last month.

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