41.   Two Tanzanian stowaways claimed Thursday they had drifted to Somalia on a makeshift raft after being dumped into the sea off the shark-infested Somali coast.

42.   Meanwhile Cubans continued to flee the communist-ruled island in makeshift rafts and boats, although the numbers were somewhat lower than last month.

43.   Others said they would try to cross the river on makeshift rafts after nightfall.

44.   Relief workers say that those who do not have the money to pay boatmen to ferry them across the Rusizi River build makeshift rafts with plastic jerricans.

45.   The appeal came as thousands of Cubans fled the country on makeshift rafts, heading for the United States.

46.   The mutineers then planned to sink the boat along with seven survivors -- six Indonesians and a South Korean -- and sneak into Japan on two makeshift rafts.