1.   A BARGE carrying sand sank after a three-boat collision near the old Macau-Taipa Bridge on Sunday.

2.   A slow-moving passenger train collided with a freight train carrying sand, slightly injuring seven people.

3.   A small cargo ship carrying sand sank off Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara Saturday after colliding with a ferry boat.

4.   The Turkish coaster, Karamanogullari, was carrying sand when it tipped over in a storm in the early hours of Friday.

5.   Eleven people travelling on top of an overloaded lorry carrying sand died when it overturned and crashed into a ditch, the Press Trust of India reported Friday.

6.   The cabs will be used for Komatsu wheel loaders -- bulldozer-like equipment for carrying sand and dirt -- that are produced in Europe and North America.