51.   A U.S. Navy surveillance plane made an emergency landing in southern China on Sunday after a minor collision with a Chinese fighter plane, a Navy spokesman said.

52.   A navy spokesman, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said four people who had been in the water overnight were rescued by helicopter on Friday.

53.   A Navy spokesman, Raul Duany, says such incidents are rare and argues that most Puerto Ricans see the military as an important source of jobs.

54.   A Sri Lankan navy spokesman refused comment on the newspaper report.

55.   Adding to the rescue problems, Navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo said the Kursk was slowly sinking into the mud.

56.   A U.S. Navy surveillance plane made an emergency landing in southern China on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese fighter plane, a Navy spokesman said.

57.   A woman sailor and three men were engulfed in a fireball in the engine room of the refueling tanker HMAS Westralia, navy spokesmen said.

58.   Alexander Veledeyev, a Russian navy spokesman, said the fire ignited ammunition boxes and subsequently touched off some artillery rounds which were intended to be destroyed.

59.   All three resigned for health reasons, said navy spokesman Mikola Savchenko.

60.   Among those captured on the firing range was pro-statehood Sen. Norma Burgos, said Navy spokesman Lt. Jeff Gordon.