11.   Both vessels were seized and the alleged pirates detained.

12.   Chinese authorities seized both vessels.

13.   Haitian police had seized the vessel, Birthe Boye, soon after it docked with a cargo of secondhand cars from Florida.

14.   It did not say when the vessel was seized, what type of cargo it was carrying or specify the Carribbean island.

15.   It was not immediately clear why the illegal migrants had seized the vessel.

16.   The Chinese vessels were seized Saturday in an area claimed by the Philippines, a government statement said.

17.   The charges included establishing a terrorist network, seizing a vessel, holding hostage and carrying explosives.

18.   The navy seized the vessels and briefly detained crew members in September and October for entering an exclusion zone around the French Polynesian atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa.

19.   The only bill defeated during the day was a measure to extend a program reimbursing fishermen whose vessels are seized by foreign countries.

20.   The vessels were seized because they failed to comply with regulations requiring them to stow their gear.