Rudd not revealing Oceanic Viking plan

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will not reveal how the government will end the Oceanic
Viking asylum-seeker stand-off but is confident a solution is inevitable.

Australia has been trying for almost two weeks to persuade 78 Sri Lankans to
voluntarily leave the Australian customs vessel and enter the Tanjung Pinang
Detention Centre on the Indonesian island of Bintan.
But the ethnic Tamils have refused, adamant they want to be taken to Australia even
though the ship rescued them in international waters within Indonesia's search and
rescue zone.
Security clearance for the Australian ship was to have expired on Friday night but
Indonesian authorities have said it can stay until November 13.
Mr Rudd on Saturday said the government has dealt with 86 separate interruptions of
people-smuggling ventures into Australia in the past 12 months.
"Some take longer than others," Mr Rudd told reporters in Sydney.
"This one presents its own complications - we'll work our way through that as we
have all the others."