1.   A Cypriot ship, the Star II Limassol, dumped tons of brown sugar as it was being towed into the harbor following an accident two weeks ago.

2.   At least two survivors were picked up by a Cypriot ship and a U.S. Navy helicopter.

3.   One was a Russian tug that foundered after it went to the rescue of a Cypriot ship, the Tugopol.

4.   Seized Cypriot ship released.

5.   Sri Lanka releases seized Cypriot ship after finding no arms on board.

6.   The incident happened seven years ago, when German worked as second officer on a Cypriot ship with a Russian crew, his wife Tatiana told The Associated Press.

7.   Air and sea searches for the Cypriot ship have failed to find the vessel, and naval authorities fear it has sunk.

8.   Only the Cypriot ship posed a pollution threat with the possibility of an oil spill.