With 15 dead and about 60 missing, and thousands evacuated from homes and businesses, Anna Bligh, Queensland's premier, pronounced the floods the worst natural disaster in state history.

已经有15人遇难，大约60人失踪，数千人从家中和公司中疏散开。昆士兰州州长Anna Bligh说此次洪水是该州历史上最严重的自然灾害。

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New South Wales state Premier Nathan Rees said the event was set to become an annual feature of Sydney's month-long October food.

新南威尔士州州长内森·瑞斯说，这一活动将成为今后每年历时一个月的悉尼“十月美食节”的一个固定节目。

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And just as Liverpool's change of ownership has come to epitomize the state of the Premier League now, so its fortunes two decades ago demonstrated the depths to which the English game had plummeted.

正如现在利物浦被收购成为英超联赛欣欣向荣的缩影一样，这家球会20年前的命运也能够展现出当时英国足深深坠入深渊的落魄。

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Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh said Friday the spill was larger than had been reported but did not say exactly how much oil was shed.

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