21.   The navy spotted the boats and ordered them to move toward the shore, when one boat exploded with its occupant, the ministry said.

22.   The spy boat was first spotted shortly before midnight Thursday as it approached Yosu, a port on the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula.

23.   Their distressed boat had been spotted by a fishing vessel which then tried to tow it to safety before it went down.

24.   Brian Cornick, a spokesman for Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin, earlier said that two or three European boats had been spotted in the disputed area.

25.   Elsewhere Sunday, another Albanian boat was spotted off the coast near Brindisi.

26.   The scheme would allow inspectors to spot boats which have used up their quotas if they returned to fishing grounds.

27.   Philippine military officials on Thursday admitted to helplessness in guarding against poachers in the disputed Spratly islands, as five more Chinese boats were spotted in the area.