11.   Authorities also detained four Afghan immigrants who attempted to row to the eastern Aegean island of Kos from the nearby Turkish coast on an inflatable raft, it added.

12.   Coast guard patrols also intercepted two inflatable rafts with eight Iraqi and Afghani illegal immigrants near the island of Kos, the ministry said.

13.   Earlier Friday, French military officials said Greenpeace activists launched eight inflatable rafts into the waters off Mururoa.

14.   Egyptian, British and Dutch troops jumped out of inflatable rafts Friday and charged up a Mediterranean beach.

15.   Inflatable rafts, so much lighter and more portable than wood or aluminum.

16.   Many are smuggled to Greek islands on board cargo ships, fishing boats and yachts from Turkey, while others attempt to row across on inflatable rafts and dinghies.

17.   Military officials said Friday that Greenpeace activists launched eight inflatable rafts into the waters off Mururoa.

18.   Officials on the island of Chios detained nine Afghans who had rowed from the nearby Turkish coast in two inflatable rafts on Wednesday, the ministry said.

19.   The French navy also intercepted nine Greenpeace inflatable rafts.

20.   The family had been collecting mussels when the adults, wading outside an inflatable raft without life jackets, were apparently caught off guard by the incoming tide.