71.   The first sub is on a Chinese merchant ship heading for China, Karniol said Thursday.

72.   The first sub is on a Chinese merchant ship heading for China, he said.

73.   The frigate was expected to take three days to reach the sailors, but was closer than the nearest merchant ship, which was five days away.

74.   The one-liter bottles arrived on a merchant ship from Valencia in a shipment of fruit juice, the report said.

75.   The merchant ship was on its way to Thailand and had been carrying a non-arms cargo for military bases.

76.   The Navy said Wednesday it will stop any merchant ships off Pakistan suspected of carrying escaping al-Qaida.

77.   The others were rescued by a merchant ship and taken to Key West, Fla.

78.   The submarine Barracuda was surfacing when it bumped the merchant ship, which has not been identified, said a spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity.

79.   The U.S. Coast Guard, which was organizing the rescue, said airplanes were flying over the site and fishing and merchant ships were on their way.

80.   Three merchant ships, including a Singaporean vessel and a Liberian-registered one, were slightly damaged by rockets fired from the rebel boat in the pre-dawn attack.