21.   Five months cramped in the little boat took its toll on the two fishermen.

22.   The three fishermen were taken to the town of Malokurilsk, where an investigation has begun, the agency reported.

23.   The two fishermen were killed Monday, in the latest in a recent series of clashes off the coast of the disputed Russian-ruled Kuril islands.

24.   The body of one of the five fishermen was found by divers inside the wreck of the boat, the authorities said.