81.   Investigators were examining a cargo container that could provide crucial clues to the probe.

82.   The Taiwan cobra, which was killed immediately, was believed to have reached Fukuoka in an international cargo container.

83.   Kyodo News agency, quoting police officials, said smugglers were using cargo containers and large fishing vessels to sneak dozens of illegal immigrants to Japan at a time.

84.   Most people had a sleepless night and fled their quarters in cargo containers or on the open deck to escape torrential rain and driving winds.

85.   New anti-terror measures for cargo containers bound for the United States are being discussed by US customs officials and their Hong Kong counterparts, officials said Wednesday.

86.   Singapore has become the first Asian port to adopt new US security procedures for cargo containers as an anti-terrorism measure, the transport ministry said Wednesday.