11.   Chitafu said the barge owner wanted the vessels to carry Zairian or Rwandan cargo, a request the sanctions committee turned down.

12.   Harry said the vessel was carrying frozen squid, frozen tuna and shark fins.

13.   He said protection of the coastline was not being taken seriously enough, particularly when undetected vessels could carry plants, animals and diseases that could devastate Australia.

14.   He said protection of the coastline was not being taken seriously enough and warned that undetected vessels could carry plants, animals and diseases that could threaten Australian species.

15.   Later that night, a cargo vessel carrying scrap metal sank off Cebu island in the central Philippines.

16.   The official Antara news agency said the vessel was also carrying a cargo of timber.

17.   The vessels carry advanced machinery and control systems and are capable of accepting a wide variety of weapons including missiles.

18.   The vessel will carry Savoy and a crew of five Americans and a Peruvian navigator.

19.   The vessels also carry ship-to-air missiles as a defense against any attack from warplanes, the spokesman said.

20.   The vessels were carrying tons of building materials and food for the island territory.