Expatriate staff and their families have now been evacuated to the capital,Libreville, where Total says they will remain until it is safe to return to Port Gentil.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

VOA's Bart Childs is in Port-au-Prince: "There is a thought that if people return to a simpler life, a farming life,a village life, life will be better for them,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

"Provided the emergency generators worked and had enough power, they would have been able to return to port under their own power, but much slower, " said Andrew O.

NPR: No Central Agency Oversees, Inspects Cruise Ships

But "if the Coast Guard boarding officer were to conduct a vessel safety inspection under normal circumstances and see that many people on board a boat that size, they would definitely recommend that the operator probably return to port and offload some of them, " Mr. McKenzie said.

WSJ: 3 Children Die After Yacht Capsizes

The fishing boat was scheduled to return to its port of Geojin on the eastern coast, according to Yonhap.

CNN: Report: N. Korea captures S. Korean boat