11.   U.S. vessels also could patrol the coast if Haiti signed a treaty, Gelbard suggested at the meeting with Preval.

12.   As the meeting got under way, police sealed off surrounding streets, helicopters buzzed overhead while frogmen and police vessels patrolled the East River behind the UN headquarters.

13.   Canadian Press said three Canadian Fisheries Department and Coast Guard vessels were already patrolling among the international fishing fleet.

14.   Chinese navy vessels are still patrolling the area, Philippines Defence Secretary Renato De Villa said Monday.

15.   Coast guard vessels patrolled the East River while legions of police and special security forces sealed off the portion of Manhattan surrounding the UN headquarters.

16.   Coast guard vessels were patrolling the area to provide assistance.