31.   Sixteen of the busts happened at airports and seven were on the coast, sometimes involving chases of high-speed boats by Cuban naval patrols.

32.   South Korean naval patrol boats seized the North Koreans early Sunday.

33.   Spain Friday said it sent a naval patrol vessel to the area off Newfoundland to monitor the conflict.

34.   Tensions rose further this week when an Indian fighter destroyed a Pakistani naval patrol plane that India says violated its airspace.

35.   Thailand wants joint naval patrols with Myanmar in waters both nations claim to prevent another battle from breaking out between them, a Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.

36.   The accident occurred when the boat hit turbulent weather and went down just after being stopped by a naval patrol vessel concerned about too many passengers on the boat.

37.   The five sailors died when one small naval patrol craft was hit by rebel rockets and destroyed, said the officials.

38.   The Dominican Republic recently announced plans to step up air and naval patrols in an effort to curb the illegal voyages.

39.   The male nurse was killed when Israeli naval patrol boats opened fire on a police base north of Gaza City.

40.   The official Antara news agency said the Nomad planes would operate from Kijang and Sabang off the island of Sumatra to support Indonesian naval patrols.