1.   Bobbie and her friends were plucked out of the sea by the crew of a Norwegian freighter.

2.   Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt, Germany, on Australia and refugees on a Norwegian freighter.

3.   Justice Tony North ordered an injunction preventing the Norwegian freighter from leaving Australian waters until the trial is over.

4.   Norway expressed concern on Wednesday over reports that Australian intelligence had illegally spied on the Norwegian freighter Tampa during a refugee standoff last year.

5.   Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday congratulated a Norwegian freighter captain who received a humanitarian award for saving asylum seekers Australia refused to take in.

6.   The Norwegian freighter saved the refugees from a sinking Indonesian-registered boat that had been secretly taking them to Australia without visas.

7.   Two Africans stowed away on a Norwegian freighter in Cape Town in hopes of reaching Europe, only to learn the bitterly cold truth three days into the trip.

8.   Meanwhile, a Norwegian freighter, the Linito, continued to drift Monday morning off the Dutch island of Vlieland, the service said.