1.   Monday night, the navy began preparing a desperate attempt to rescue the crew.

2.   Those who landed before the navy began its patrols were housed in detention centers in the hostile desert.

3.   Australian navy begins unloading Afghan refugees on Nauru.

4.   Interfax reported Friday that the Russian navy has begun testing diving devices intended to raise fragments of the bow.

5.   The Indonesian navy began evacuating refugees from the recent ethnic slaughter on Borneo island, while people who opted to stay began rebuilding their lives.

6.   The Russian and Ukrainian navies have begun dividing some equipment, but have not been able to reach agreement on Sevastopol.

7.   At dawn, the Cameroon navy began combing the marshy area around the Wouri river.

8.   Bahrain announced Monday its navy will soon begin live-fire exercises near Qatar, with which it has a long-running border dispute.

9.   The Singapore and Indian navies began their annual anti-submarine warfare exercise Monday, the Singapore defence ministry said in a statement.

10.   The Singapore and Indonesian navies Monday began a seven day anti-mine exercise, the defence ministry said.