21.   Taiwanese officials issued land and sea warnings in the southern Taiwanese county of Ilan, as well as the outlying island groups of Penghu and Green Island.

22.   The actions are the latest in a gradual escalation of tensions in the South China Sea island group, also claimed by Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei.

23.   The chief town is called Zanzibar, as is the island group.

24.   The island groups see either of those possibilities as a fine peg for a tourism campaign.

25.   The plant, in the capital, Suva, will bottle soft drinks for the Pacific island group and neighboring Tonga.

26.   The Taiwanese military said Tuesday it detected what it believed was a foreign submarine off the Penghu island group last week, and reports identified the craft as Chinese.

27.   The Spratlys island group is claimed in whole or in part by the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia.

28.   The U.S. territory of American Samoa comprises several islands in the same South Pacific island group.

29.   The United States territory of American Samoa comprises several islands in the same island group.

30.   Those numbers do not include candidates from the two largest cities, Taipei and Kaohsiung, and the outlying Quemoy and Matsu island groups, which are administered separately.