21.   Russian officials were consulting with British and Norwegian naval authorities to coordinate the rescue attempt, the Russian navy said.

22.   The newspaper said she was writing to Norwegian authorities, asking them to look after her son.

23.   The passengers are to be flown home from Longyearbyen, since the cruise ship will have to remain in the port until it is fully inspected by Norwegian authorities.

24.   Valery Grishin, a Russian government spokesman, said Norwegian authorities had fully informed Moscow of the launch of a weather research rocket.

25.   He looked tired but thanked Norwegian authorities for their support.

26.   If the vessel is seized by Norwegian authorities during the operation, according to Watsons, Ursfjord could face a prison sentence.

27.   Israel contacted Norwegian authorities about the arms sale through its military attache in Copenhagen, Arbeiderbladet said.

28.   A spokesman for the environmental watchdog gruop said the Sirius was likely remain in the hands of the Norwegian authorities until the end of the whaling season in mid-August.

29.   Both times, Norwegian authorities pointed to the need for impartiality as a participant in peace operations in Lebanon.

30.   But Norwegian authorities deny that the decline in the number of the massive marine mammals is dramatic.