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| France inspecting N. Korean ship in Indian Ocean |
| 2006-11-17 |
| French customs officers are inspecting a North Korean ship on an Indian Ocean island as part of UN measures prompted by North Korea's nuclear test, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. "The customs administration is currently proceeding with a complete and thorough inspection of merchandise and personnel on a North Korean ship on a stopover in Mayotte," Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei told an online briefing. Mayotte is a French-administered island between Mozambique and Madagascar. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #17 For instance, I recall William was defective. Good one, Shipman! Dry, very dry. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2006-11-17 20:15 |
| #16 First Charles, now William. Will England never find a viable successor? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-17 15:29 |
| #15 For instance, I recall William was defective. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-11-17 14:52 |
| #14 I'd test the welds. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-11-17 14:51 |
| #13 You can never be too sure, Bobby. Wouldn't want even a single defective one to slip through. We've the crew's safety to consider! Zenster, the failure analyst. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-17 14:41 |
| #12 Zen.... You wanna sink the ship, yes? But you don't need to test all the rivets. I bet a couple of hundred would be sufficient. Bobby the (civil)engineer |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-11-17 14:19 |
| #11 They need to perform a catastrophic failure tensile strength test on all of the ship's hull plate rivets. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-17 12:49 |
| #10 I'm waiting for the French to surrender to the Nork ship. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-11-17 10:18 |
| #9 Why would a North Korean ship stop over at Mayotte, a French-administered island between Mozambique and Madagascar? The French can be bought. They're on the other side, I would not put it past them to give the all clear on a ship when the truth was the opposite. Some day we'll have to flatten France along with a few others. That's if we survive their combined first strike. |
| Posted by: Mick Dundee 2006-11-17 10:06 |
| #8 Agriculture - products: vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coffee, copra Industries: newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction ylang-ylang....Pyongyang. They just got lost. |
| Posted by: john 2006-11-17 09:58 |
| #7 Have they lost their collection of tar and feathers perchance ? |
| Posted by: MacNails 2006-11-17 09:13 |
| #6 From CIA World Factbook: Mayotte Population: 201,234 (July 2006 est.) Economic activity is based primarily on the agricultural sector, including fishing and livestock raising. Mayotte is not self-sufficient and must import a large portion of its food requirements, mainly from France. The economy and future development of the island are heavily dependent on French financial assistance, an important supplement to GDP. Mayotte's remote location is an obstacle to the development of tourism. Agriculture - products: vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coffee, copra Industries: newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-11-17 08:24 |
| #5 India caught one at Mumbai the other day. Sounds like they're testing, stressing, lulling the system. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-11-17 08:15 |
| #4 They wanted to work on their tans? |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2006-11-17 07:28 |
| #3 Why would a North Korean ship stop over at Mayotte, a French-administered island between Mozambique and Madagascar? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-17 06:45 |
| #2 France? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-11-17 05:47 |
| #1 Make sure you go over it real good. Take a couple of weeks even. Don't forget to rip up the floorboards, too. All of them. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-11-17 00:48 |