61.   Russian diplomats apologized Thursday for the shooting of a Japanese fishing boat captain, but told Japanese embassy representatives that the fishing vessels had been violating Russian territory.

62.   Separate charges are to be filed against the boat captain and the owners of the vessel after a marine board of inquiry.

63.   The boat captain Suthee was being questioned by police, as was the manager of the boat owners, Laem Thong Maritime Company.

64.   The boat captain, Nasser Shawawi, confessed to trafficking the migrants before the Port Said harbour police.

65.   The Chinese had earlier refused to leave without their boat captains, even after Ramos had pardoned them.

66.   The arrests at Kungliao in Taipei County came a day after China executed two Taiwanese fishing boat captains found guilty of smuggling counterfeit Chinese bank notes.