61.   Santos said the Navy sustained no casualties and the vessel was not hit, though he said one of the two vessels tried to ram the gunboat.

62.   Some of the other vessels are due to arrive early next week, while the rest are still a long way from their target.

63.   Tamil frogmen blew up the Chinese-built naval gunboats by planting explosives beneath the two vessels, berthed at Trincomalee harbour in northeastern Sri Lanka, officials said.

64.   The captains and crew of the two vessels were expected to be charged with fishing without a Canadian licence, the minister said.

65.   The court set large bonds for the two vessels.

66.   The latest Philippine Navy statement said that when the Navy ship tried to approach the two vessels, they sped off.

67.   The next docking between the two vessels, meanwhile, has already been scheduled for next October.