31.   A Dutch cargo ship collided Thursday with a French trawler, sinking it, and two fishermen were reported missing, rescue officials said.

32.   Earlier, officials and press reports said eight people had been killed and about seven hundred fishermen were missing and scores injured overnight following the fierce storms.

33.   Eight fishermen were missing after three small boats sank in boiling seas off the southern coast, KBS television said.

34.   Seven hundred fishermen were missing Saturday after a seasonal storm lashed parts of coastal Bangladesh as well as offshore islands, officials said.

35.   The fisherman have been missing since Friday in the waters off the southern port of Bushehr, it reported.