1.   The flood had carried the timber perhaps a quarter mile into the tunnel from the flooded Muddy River, and now it was teetering, ready to drop.

2.   Dr Ling also clarified that the present exercise did not include lorries which carry timber.

3.   The ship was carrying timber from Malaysia to be offloaded at Calcutta, capital of West Bengal state.

4.   The Solombala, carrying timber from the Russian port of Vanino to Japan, had capsized Wednesday in heavy seas.

5.   The ship was also carrying timber.

6.   These included that police had been instructed to be more vigilant about the crime and ships carrying stolen timber had been seized, he said, adding no details.

7.   The drugs from Colombia had been smuggled into Spain through the northern port of Bilbao in a boat carrying timber from Chile, the sources said.

8.   The freighter had been heading for Inchon, South Korea, from Papua New Guinea, carrying timber.