51.   The two other rebel boats took direct hits from naval fire and exploded in the water, Karunaratne said.

52.   Three other rebel boats took direct hits from naval fire and exploded in the water.

53.   Two men suffering severe dehydration were transferred by helicopter to a hospital near Athens, while the others were taken by boat to the island of Syros.

54.   Weeping willows hang over canals where flat boats take tourists for rides.

55.   Basilan army chief Colonel Alexander Aleo said the US army engineers and their equipment would be taken by boat to Basilan on Saturday.

56.   The Taiwanese boat took refuge from the wind for two days before arriving at one of the islands, a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea.

57.   They were then taken by boat to the southern island of Basilan, where the rebels later abducted several locals in a raid on a hospital and church.

58.   They were taken by boat to Basilan.

59.   Witnesses said at least five tanks and a war boat took part in the overnight assault led by Nigerian-led ECOMOG troops.

60.   Witnesses said at least five tanks and a navy boat took part in the overnight assault led by Nigerian-backed ECOMOG troops.