1.   Ferry traffic was halted for a week in December because of fears that refugees might hijack the vessel to the United States.

2.   Over the course of three decades, Folkman showed exactly how tumors hijack these vessels, a process called angiogenesis.

3.   But more sophisticated swashbucklers steal cargoes or hijack entire vessels, the report said.

4.   Last year, five Cubans who hijacked a vessel to the United States were returned to Cuba, where they were prosecuted and convicted.

5.   Searchers were checking other unconfirmed sightings and claims, including one from Christian clergymen that Muslim extremists had hijacked the vessel.

6.   The South China Sea is plagued by armed pirates that hijack vessels and steal their cargo and cash.

7.   The shipping agent had feared from the start that the vessel had been hijacked by pirates in the South China Sea.

8.   The US government has warned ships in the Gulf to be on guard against Iranian speedboats which it said have hijacked vessels for ransom.

9.   Since then, at least three vessels have been hijacked.