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Man plucked from sea

Berlin: Swedish officials were on Sunday trying to establish the identity of a man found drifting in international waters between Denmark and Norway on a flimsy wooden raft. He was found on Friday by a Norwegian oil tanker in the Skagerrak strait. The man, who speaks faultless English, identified himself as George Williams and claimed he had been dumped in open waters days earlier by a British ship. He was, he said, a ``stateless American'' but would not say why he was thrown off a ship, Swedish officials said. The man's raft was made from planks and four oil barrels bound together, his rescuers said. The man was taken to hospital with dehydration.

— © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006

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