31.   Violent winds ripped through western France on Friday, causing power cuts in Brittany and forcing cancellation of ferry services to at least one offshore island.

32.   He added the weather front had already brought some rain to the offshore islands of Kinmen and Matsu.

33.   But Taipei has balked at buying water from rival China on national security considerations although it has allowed offshore islands to import water from the mainland.

34.   But Taipei has balked at buying water from rival China on national security considerations, although it has allowed offshore islands to import water from the mainland.

35.   DPP election office director Lin Yi-hsiung said the territory of Taiwan extends only to Taiwan proper and the offshore islands of Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.

36.   Equatorial Guinea comprises a largely densely forested mainland section, where Bata is the main town, and five offshore islands.

37.   Thick oil washed up on the main tourist beaches here overnight and, since Thursday, has been seriously polluting Jackass penguin colonies on two offshore islands.

38.   It had set out on an hour long journey to an offshore island.

39.   It was on a return flight from an offshore island.

40.   Mass production of the missiles would soon begin and they would be deployed in offshore islands, the paper said.