81.   But in an optimistic sign, a Taiwanese port official said Tuesday that fishing boats and freighters returned to the western half of the strait Tuesday.

82.   But earlier Monday, shots were fired from an Albanian fishing vessel at an Italian coast guard cutter that was towing it home, port officials said.

83.   But in an optimistic sign, a Taiwanese port official said Tuesday that fishing boats and freighters returned to the western half of the strait on Tuesday.

84.   But port officials now say they have not received any official notification from the government to allow the ship in.

85.   But port officials said not all were happy with going to Syria.

86.   But port officials, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said the fire probably started from an oil slick.

87.   But port officials, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said the fire probably was caused by an oil slick.

88.   By the time port officials lifted it out of the water with a crane boat late Monday, the whale had already died from its wounds.

89.   By the time port officials had lifted it out of the water with a crane boat late Monday, the whale had already died from its wounds.

90.   Damon Nori Masood, a senior port official in the southern state of Johor, said waters affected by the spillage were now free of the industrial solvent phenol.