1.   The warning came from the Solway River Purification Board, which patrols waterways in the area.

2.   The country has neither powerful ice-breaking vessels nor submarines capable of patrolling Arctic waterways, including the Northwest Passage, that Ottawa regards as Canadian territory.

3.   The coastal surveyor HMS Beagle entered the Suez Canal on Wednesday, bound for the Gulf to join allied forces patrolling the waterway.