Divers trying to raise the bodies of 118 sailors from the sunken Kursk nuclear submarine were near to finishing a man-sized hole in the hull on Tuesday,the Russian navy officer leading the operation said.

• 一名主持打捞行动的俄罗斯海军官员表示，试图将一百一十八名士兵的尸体从沉没的库尔斯克核子潜舰中拖出的潜水人员们，周二已经快要完成在潜舰外壳上凿洞的工作。这个洞口的大小约可让一个人通过。