61.   The stricken vessel sank off the coast of San Cantaldo de Lecce, near the southeast town of Otranto.

62.   The vessel sank on Monday but there was no one on board, the official said, but was unable to say what the cause was.

63.   The treasure was loaded onto the French gunboat La Grandiere, headed for Saigon, but the vessel sank in the Mekong River after hitting a rock.

64.   Meyer-Werft did not hazard any opinion as to why the vessel sank.

65.   One protest vessel was sinking after being rammed by a Japanese patrol boat, Taiwanese television reported.

66.   Survivors believe the vessel sank, the official in charge of radio-communications in Bossaso, Abdullahi Haji Mohamed, said.

67.   The arm, according to their plan, will hammer away at the hull of a Norwegian whaler until the vessel sinks.

68.   The AMLC spokesman said debris and an oil slick was spotted north of the Seychelles Islands late Monday, suggesting the vessel had sunk.

69.   The arrival of the latest refugee boat comes six days after another vessel sank after colliding with an Italian navy ship in the Adriatic.