24-Feb-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Swells in from sea (Northern Territory News)
DARWIN'S CBD was awash with visitors yesterday as 2000 tourists from two cruise ships came to town. The luxurious Aurora and Funchal docked at Fort Hill wharf but both left Darwin last night.
• 'Hidden Gems Highlight Seabourn Mediterranean Voyage (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Linking famous and fawned-over ports with fabulous, but yet-to-be-discovered ones is the particular genius of a 14-day "Splendors of the Mediterranean" cruise being offered this summer aboard the intimate, all-suite cruise ship Seabourn Legend.
• 'Bomb-Builder Emerges (Washington Post)
Syrian linked to al Qaeda plots describes plan to attack cruise ship in Turkey. ? Karl Vick
• 'Vilnius Book Fair kicked off today (Baltic Times)
VILNIUS - The largest book fair in the Baltics and one of the most outstanding cultural events in Lithuania Book Fair 2006 started today at Lithuanian Exhibition Center LITEXPO.
• 'Latvian citizen detained by Swedish police (Baltic Times)
RIGA - Sarma Kocane, representative of the Latvian Maritime Administration confirmed that The Swedish police have detained the Latvian citizen, who is the master of the Vita cargo ship that recently ran aground near the Swedish coast.
• 'Report: Qaida suspect says Taliban financed failed plot on Israeli ship (Haaretz Daily)
ANKARA, Turkey - A key Syrian Al-Qaida suspect allegedly told interrogators that his failed plot to attack an Israeli cruise ship was financed by Taliban chief Mullah Omar, private NTV Television reported Tuesday.
• 'Lang: vehicle confiscation should be considered (Baltic Times)
TALLINN ? Estonia?s Justice Minister Rain Lang admitted that existing punishments have not helped to reduce drunk driving and therefore the government should consider the confiscation of drunk drivers? vehicles.
• 'Attacker says Mulla Omar funded attempt on Israeli ship (Daily Times)
ANKARA: A key Syrian Al Qaeda suspect allegedly told interrogators that his failed plot to attack an Israeli cruise ship was financed by Taliban chief Mulla Omar, the private NTV channel reported on Tuesday. Loa?i Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa told interrogators that he received $50,000 from Omar
• 'Mullah Omar plotted attack on Israeli ship: report (Dawn)
ANKARA, Feb 21: A key Syrian Al Qaeda suspect allegedly told interrogators that his failed plot to attack an Israeli cruise ship was financed by Taliban chief Mullah Omar, private NTV Television reported on Tuesday.
• 'Seatrade Conference Update: Panels Expanded With New Participants And Speakers (Nautica)
MIAMI - Organizers of the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention, slated for March 13-16 in Miami Beach, have expanded a number of conference panels with additional industry experts.