71.   Japan begins a month-long operation to salvage a suspected North Korean spy ship which sank in the East China Sea after a firefight with Japanese coastguard boats.

72.   Japan on Thursday denied Chinese pressure forced it to end a probe into a suspected North Korean spy ship sunk by the Japanese coastguard in the East China Sea.

73.   Monitoring reaction to US offer to help Japan recover a suspected North Korean spy ship that sank after a firefight with a Japanese coastguard vessel last month.

74.   More recently, a suspected North Korean spy ship sank near Japanese waters after a firefight with Japanese coastguards in December.

75.   North Korea warns of countermeasures against Japan over a suspected spy ship affair.

76.   Pakistani authorities have detained four suspected Indian spies from the Cholistan desert region in central Punjab province, military and local sources said Monday.

77.   Seeking reaction to the sinking by Japanese patrol boats of a suspected North Korean spy boat.