The bottle was retrieved by Nato warships who were nearby after responding to an earlier call for help from the Italian merchantman.

幸运的是，瓶子被正在附近的北约舰队所收取，他们那时正在搜救更早之前求救的一位意大利籍批发商。

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NATO warships have launched an anti-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia by escorting one ship to port with plans for a similar operation on Tuesday.

北约军舰在索马里沿海开展一项反海盗的行动，他们护送了一艘船进港，另一个类似的行动也会在星期二进行。

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The Saudi announcement of the arrests came just over a week after security services in Morocco said that they had detained three Saudi citizens, who they said were al-Qaeda members, for plotting to attack NATO warships in the Strait of Gibraltar.

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Germany, which abstained on the UN resolution authorising the mission, went so far as to withdraw its crews from NATO warning and control aircraft and its warships from other NATO missions in the Mediterranean.

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Nato air strikes have hit eight warships belonging to Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces in co-ordinated raids on Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte.

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