81.   Two Chinese fishermen were detained by Russian border guards for straying across the Russian-Chinese border, the Interfax news agency said Thursday.

82.   Two Taiwanese and five Chinese fishermen were on the boat.

83.   Twenty-one Chinese fishermen arrested in a disputed area of the South China Sea will be arraigned on charges of illegally entering Philippine territory, a judge said Thursday.

84.   Two Chinese fishermen were killed and three wounded when a Russian boat patrolling territorial waters in the Far East fired on their fishing boat.

85.   Fifty-eight Chinese fishermen pardoned by President Fidel Ramos left the Philippines on Sunday after spending six months in jail for poaching in the disputed Spratly islands.

86.   In the past, Chinese fishermen caught in Philippine waters were swiftly deported after being sentenced by Filipino courts to avoid diplomatic problems with China.

87.   In retaliation, the Philippine navy blasted Chinese markers on other Spratlys reefs and arrested scores of Chinese fishermen in the Spratly waters for intruding on Philippine territory.

88.   Beijing has denied the allegations, saying the structures on Mischief Reef were shelters for Chinese fishermen in the region.

89.   Chen said last week that the island was being used as a shelter by Chinese fishermen.

90.   China confirmed Thursday that it had set up facilities on the reef, but said they were shelters for Chinese fishermen rather than a military base.