11.   U.S. and allied warships are patrolling nearby seas, ready to search vessels suspected to contain the terrorist leader.

12.   U.S. and allied warships are patrolling seas, ready to search vessels thought to contain the terrorist leader.

13.   U.S. Navy ships have been stopping and searching civilian vessels off the Somali coast as part of the anti-terror campaign.

14.   Warships from half a dozen nations in the coalition are monitoring the waters off Somalia, sometimes boarding and searching vessels.

15.   Instead, consent for US authorities to search vessels in Jamaican waters must be given on a case by case basis.

16.   Australian and New Zealand customs officers searched the vessel when it docked in Brisbane and Wellington, without success.

17.   Customs officers boarded and searched the vessel and later towed it into Brest harbour, where a police team from the regional capital Rennes began investigating.

18.   Security forces had continued searching the vessel overnight and questioning passengers.