1.   A Russian tanker had struck one off Kuwait earlier in the year.

2.   Neither will Russian tankers be lining up to unload oil in U.S. ports.

3.   Oman has agreed to accept the Russian tanker seized by two U.S. warships that were enforcing U.N. sanctions against Iraq, a Pentagon official said Friday.

4.   The possibility of NATO warships halting Russian tankers in the Adriatic has caused some commentators to point out that wars begin that way.

5.   A convoy of Russian military tanker trucks also was seen moving in from the west.

6.   A convoy of Russian military tanker trucks was seen moving in from the west.

7.   A Russian tanker was recently detained in the Gulf for allegedly violating the international trade embargo against Iraq.

8.   Alastair Campbell, spokesman for British Prime Minister Tony Blair, played down the risk of confrontation if a Russian tanker refuses to abide by the embargo.

9.   An operation to salvage remaining fuel oil from the bow of a wrecked Russian tanker began Thursday off the western Japan coast but progress was slow.

10.   Cleanup starts on oil spill from Russian tanker.