1.   The Irish navy intercepted the Marita Ann two miles off the Irish coast and arrested the five crew members.

2.   In recent months, the Dominican navy has intercepted dozens of Cubans trying to reach the Dominican Republic illegally.

3.   In the past, the navy has intercepted suspected rebel boats to stop them from smuggling weapons to the northern and eastern jungle areas controlled by the Tamil Tigers.

4.   In the past, the navy has intercepted rebel boats to stop them from smuggling weapons to the northern and eastern jungle areas controlled by the Tamil Tigers.

5.   Last year, the Israeli navy intercepted a PFLP-GC shipment of arms from Lebanon to the Palestinians.

6.   On Sunday, the Colombian navy intercepted a speedboat off its Pacific coast on Sunday and seized three tons of cocaine, the navy said.

7.   Since January, the Dominican navy has intercepted dozens of Cubans trying to illegally reach the Dominican Republic by sea.

8.   The French navy also intercepted nine Greenpeace inflatable rafts.

9.   The French navy also intercepted nine Greenpeace inflatable rafts, some of which made it into a lagoon of Mururoa.

10.   The Iranian navy has intercepted two boats trying to smuggle goods into Iraq in violation of U.N. sanctions, a newspaper reported Sunday.