1.   A British-built minisubmarine loaded on the Norwegian ship Normand Pioneer was within sight of the rescue flotilla in the Barents Sea.

2.   A Norwegian ship with a team of deep-sea divers and a British rescue mini-submarine set out for the site but could take until Saturday to get there.

3.   Eleven crewmen from the Union Reliance, a Taiwanese vessel, and the Berean, a Norwegian ship, died.

4.   Nonetheless, cargo vessels of the Norwegian merchant fleet aided the Allies throughout the war, and many Norwegian ships were sunk by the Germans.

5.   The Indonesian government indicated that it too would refuse to allow the Norwegian ship to land.

6.   The other partners are Kvaerner Maritime, a Norwegian ship builder, and rocket builders from Russia and the Ukraine.

7.   They buy shrimp from Norwegian ships to keep the shrimp-packing plant running.

8.   A Russian official ordered a Norwegian ship to stop killing seal pups because Moscow was not told about the hunt, a shipowner said Tuesday.

9.   A Norwegian ship with a team of divers and a British rescue mini-sub headed for the site but will take days to get there.

10.   But British Defense Ministry officials said they factored in the distance and the type of ship needed in choosing the Norwegian ship for transporting the safety equipment.