61.   Two marine police vessels made a similar patrol in April last year.

62.   Locals blaming the marine police for the incident promptly burned down their offices and torched four police boats as well, police said.

63.   South Korea has a contingent of marine police stationed on the islands -- known in Korea as Tokdo, and in Japan as Takeshima.

64.   Thai marine police said Tuesday they have seized a luxury yacht belonging to an American fugitive accused of operating sex tours around the island resort of Phuket.

65.   Taiwan will send a special patrol around the disputed Spratly and Pratas islands in a bid to emphasize its soveriegnty claim over the archipelagos, marine police said Tuesday.

66.   Taiwanese troops and marine police were on high alert, he noted.

67.   The exercises on Friday will involve Hong Kong marine police and the Border Defence Bureau from the neighboring Chinese province of Guangdong.

68.   The justice ministry ordered the network to assist the marine police and army to intercept boat loads of refugees attempting to land on the eastern Mediterranean island.

69.   The marine police chief in Riau province, Adjunct Commissioner Yoeskamnoer, said his team was still searching for the missing seven.