1.   The Norwegian cargo ship had rescued the refugees from a sinking Indonesian ferry that was attempting to take them to Australia.

2.   Plucked from a sinking Indonesian ferry on Monday, the asylum seekers have since been in a diplomatic limbo as Australia, Norway and Indonesia refuse to take them.

3.   Australia has refused to admit the mostly Afghan refugees who were rescued from a sinking Indonesian ferry by the Tampa at the request of the Australian coast guard.

4.   Australia has refused to admit the refugees, who were rescued from a sinking Indonesian ferry by the Tampa at the request of the Australian coast guard.

5.   Australia refused to accept the refugees after they were rescued by the Tampa from a sinking Indonesian ferry.

6.   Australia refused to accept the refugees after they were rescued by the Tampa from a sinking Indonesian ferry a week ago.

7.   It picked up the mainly Sri Lankan and Afghan refugees on Monday after an Indonesian ferry they had been taking illegally to the island broke down.

8.   Most of the asylum seekers were rescued by a Norwegian cargo ship from a sinking Indonesian ferry close to the remote Australian outpost of Christmas Island.

9.   Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg gave full support to the captain of the Tampa, which rescued the refugees from a sinking Indonesian ferry on Monday.

10.   Norway wants Australia to allow the mostly Afghan refugees, rescued from a sinking Indonesian ferry three days ago, onto Christmas Island.