1.   Preliminary reports from the inquiry into the Ufa rail accident suggested that the pipeline was damaged when its construction was rushed.

2.   Federal investigators suspect the pipeline was damaged by construction equipment.

3.   Natural disasters such as floods can damage pipelines.

4.   A key oil pipeline was damaged in a pre-dawn explosion Monday in southern Russia near the lawless territory of Chechnya, news reports said.

5.   Gas and water pipelines were also damaged, ITAR-Tass said.

6.   In addition, company officials denied reports by a Burmese students exile group that the pipeline had been damaged by tropical storm Linda.

7.   Last month, tribesmen set off an explosive device that damaged the pipeline to try to force the government to improve services to the area.

8.   Madeo strongly denied the pipeline had been damaged in any way.

9.   That minor explosion damaged another pipeline carrying carbon monoxide-laced heating gas, plant officials said.

10.   That pipeline also was damaged in the avalanches.