41.   The expedition was headed for a popular beach when it was forced off course, the navy said.

42.   The Dominican navy said Sunday that the joint patrols, called Halcon III, also stopped a Haitian cargo ship sailing without a Haitian flag.

43.   The Hunter Killer submarines will be inspected by defense officials for possible defects, the navy said.

44.   The Indonesian navy said Saturday it was searching for a boat reportedly hijacked by a group of Middle Eastern refugees wanting to go to neighboring Australia.

45.   The navy did not say where the cigarettes had been bought, but usually smugglers ferry cigarettes to Lebanon from Cyprus, Turkey or Syria.

46.   The navy has said the complex salvage operation will be completed by the end of September, but bad weather and technical glitches have caused delays.

47.   The navy said it had no idea of conditions inside the Kursk, including whether any of the crew were alive.

48.   The navy said the pilot was scouting the new ship.

49.   The navy said the servicemen had violated procedures, leading to the spontaneous combustion of the powder in the shells.

50.   The Polish captain at first refused to evacuate anyone but Thursday evening he requested a helicopter to pick up six people, the navy said.