111.  Kuwait claimed that it had captured the five-man crew after their boat entered its waters Saturday, Al-Rai Al-Amm newspaper said Thursday.

112.  Local fishermen say Homer is blocking the boat ramp and stopping them from entering the water, but no one has been willing to try to shift the beast.

113.  Lt. Col. Adel al-Ibrahim, the ministry spokesman, told The Associated Press the vessel entered Kuwaiti waters Sunday evening and was carrying Iraqi oil.

114.  Madad said the tugs, owned by the Dutch firm Smit International, had entered Iranian waters to salvage a sunken Croatian ship.

115.  Malaysian Ambassador Manzoor Hussein Arshad said the Philippines had asked for help in preventing the boat from entering Malaysian waters.

116.  Meanwhile, North Korea denied entering South Korean waters early Thursday, and instead accused South Korea of violating its coastal waters.

117.  Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Tokyo will press through diplomatic channels for North Korea to hand the ships over if the ships enter its waters.

118.  Murdick and Wilson entered the water with a line tethered between them and a longer rope connecting them to shore.

119.  Not only are the Turkish fishermen ignoring the ban, but they are entering Ukrainian waters illegally to fish, stressed Marchenko.

120.  No attempt was made by Chinese authorities to prevent the ship from entering Chinese waters.