31.  Families packed onto the craft said they were confident they would be picked up by US Coast Guard patrols once they reached international waters and safely taken to America.

32.  It is expected to reach the waters off Mururoa in three or four days and join the protest flotilla.

33.  The HMS Cornwall was expected to reach Kuwaiti waters by Sunday morning, and will patrol the Gulf and the Indian Ocean, a defence ministry spokesman said.