The bodies of dozens of African emigrants discovered off the Italian coast last week might have been thrown overboard, Italian officials said on Monday.

意大利官员周一表示，上周在意大利海岸发现的几十具非洲移民的尸体可能是被从船上扔到海里的。

Meanwhile, officials in France said they know the location of a French yacht hijacked Saturday by pirates off the northeast coast of Somalia.

另外，法国官员说，他们知道海盗星期六在索马里东北海域劫持的法国游艇的地点。

The Pentagon is unable to explain images of what witnesses took to be a high-altitude rocket launched off the coast of southern California at sunset Monday, officials said.

有官员说，美国五角大楼无法解释星期一傍晚在加州南部出现的类似于高空发射火箭后产生的凝结尾流。

Coast Guard officials said they were not expecting landfall for the spill in the next three days.

海岸防卫队的负责人认为原油在未来三天不会到达附近的陆地表面。

Officials said Monday the navy and coast guard captured the pirates on Sunday near the Lakshadweep islands off India's southwestern coast.

官员们星期一说，海军和海岸警卫队星期天在印度西南海岸近海的拉克·沙德·维普岛屿附近抓获了这些海盗。

Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.

斯里兰卡负责野生动物的官员表示，巨浪席卷印度洋海岛沿岸，淹死了两万四千多人，但野生动物似乎都幸免于难，目前尚未发现一具动物的尸体。

The Coast Guard also said that the ferry did not follow the path suggested by officials.

海岸警卫队还表示，这艘渡轮没有遵照有关官员建议的路线行驶。

Indonesian officials said they had discovered debris and bodies from AirAsia flight QZ8501, which had vanished previously, floating in shallow seas near the south-west coast of Borneo.

印尼官员表示，已经发现在婆罗洲西南海岸周边的浅海中，漂浮着消失的亚航QZ 8501航班的残骸与尸体。

A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast early Thursday, injuring at least 91 people, triggering landslides and cutting power to thousands of people, officials said.

据官方报道，日本北海岸在星期四凌晨发生强震。地震导致至少91人受伤，并引发了山体滑波，数千人的电力供应因此中断。

Weather officials said Hurricane Earl was moving northward off the U. S. coast, after skirting parts of the eastern Caribbean this week.

天气官员表示，飓风厄尔本周袭击了加勒比东海岸的部分地区之后，正在美国海岸向北移动。

On Saturday night, pirates seized a liquefied gas tanker 105 miles (165 kilometers) off the coast of Kenya in the Somali Basin, said officials in Singapore, where the ship is registered.

星期六晚上，海盗在索马利海盆的肯尼亚海岸105英里(165公里)劫持了一艘液化气运输船，官员在新加坡说，船在那被注册。

Soughtfor comment, officials of the Navy, Coast Guard and Bureau of Fisheries andAquatic Resources said they have not received any such report, a news accountin Taiwan said.

据台湾媒体报道，海军、海岸警卫队和渔业水产资源局都表示没有接到类似信息。

Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves along the Indian Ocean island's coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.

斯里兰卡负责野生动物的官员表示，巨浪席卷印度洋海岛沿岸，野生动物似乎都幸免于难，目前尚未发现一具动物的尸体。

Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island "s coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found."

斯里兰卡负责野生动物的官员表示，巨浪席卷印度洋海岛沿岸，淹死了两万四千多人，但野生动物似乎都幸免于难，目前尚未发现一具动物的尸体。

Police and coast guard officials said they were assessing possible damage from the quake.

警方和海岸保镖官员暗示他们正在估测地震大概组成的损坏。