1.   Earlier this week, the maker of collision repair equipment said second-quarter sales international sales were down from a year earlier.

2.   Russian space officials said Thursday that it would take two weeks to transport vital repair equipment to the stricken Mir space station .

3.   The Clinton administration also pressed Taiwan to purchase runway repair equipment and to build concrete shelters for its stores of munitions and supplies of fuel.

4.   The crew will have to wait about two weeks in a darkened station for special repair equipment to arrive on a Russian cargo craft.

5.   The quickest response is for Taiwan to build fortified bunkers for its supplies of fuel and munitions and to buy repair equipment for its runways.

6.   The repair effort will depend on the arrival of a new Progress cargo capsule carrying repair equipment.

7.   They delivered electric turbines and repair equipment to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Georges and food and supplies to Nicaragua and Honduras after Hurricane Mitch.

8.   Washouts in some areas forced dozens of residents to be taken out by helicopter, while telephone repair equipment and medical supplies were flown in.

9.   A new Progress supply ship will blast off on Saturday to take repair equipment and other vital supplies to the Mir.

10.   A new Progress supply ship will blast off on Saturday from Kazakstan in Central Asia to take repair equipment and other vital supplies to the Mir.