21.   Repairing the two vessels could require several months, said the report, which cited unidentified Western military and diplomatic sources.

22.   Reports that the two vessels belonged to a class of ships used by the Chinese navy had caused alarm that China may be intruding into Philippine waters.

23.   The engines are currently being installed, and the two vessels should be ready by June.

24.   The four vessels, however, have been destroyed.

25.   The identity of the other vessel is unclear, although Clifford thinks it may be a pirate ship because it was surrounded by iron cannons.

26.   The international environmental group had demanded the return of the five vessels.

27.   The only manual docking was last August, when a rookie cosmonaut brought the two vessels together in a tricky, remote-control maneuver.

28.   The names of the victims, the missing crew or the other vessel were not immediately released by police.

29.   The National Transportation Safety Board, which also is investigating, released information Friday showing the surface and subsurface movements of the two vessels.

30.   The only manual docking was last August when a rookie cosmonaut brought the two vessels together in a tricky, remote-control maneuver.