For instance, when hurricane Bebe hit Tuvalu in 1972 it deposited 140 hectares of sedimentary debris onto the eastern reef, increasing the area of the main island by 10 per cent.

举例来说，1972年袭击了图瓦卢的飓风比比在东部礁岩上沉淀了140公顷的沉积碎屑，将主岛的面积扩大了10%。

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The main victims are big emerging markets in East Asia and eastern Europe.

这个结论是 华胜顿的智囊团根据国际金融机构的数据研究后得出的，主要的受害者是十大新市场中在东亚和东欧的国家。

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Remittances from Europe probably provide the region's main source of income: nearly a third of the 3m-plus Moroccans working in the EU hail from the eastern area.

这个地区的主要收入来源可能来自欧洲的汇款：在欧洲工作的摩洛哥人有3百多万，其中三分之一来自东部。

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Some,like this Turkish man, spoke of the violence they witnessed when Israeli commandos came down on the main ship,a Turkish vessel, during the raid in the eastern Mediterranean.

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But rebels in Benghazi, the main city in eastern Libya, said they had retaken the town.

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Rebels have rejected previous calls to leave Goma, the main city in eastern DR Congo.

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The force is divided into three main brigades in eastern, central and western Libya and carries out law and order and combat tasks.

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