1.   A Russian tug, Foty Kirilov, was towing the crippled ship into port, Portuguese news agency Lusa reported.

2.   One was a Russian tug that foundered after it went to the rescue of a Cypriot ship, the Tugopol.

3.   Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to blast off Thursday with an American-made chamber that the six-person crew will connect to the Russian tug.

4.   The trawler was being towed by the Russian tug Agathe towards Bilbao, Spain where it is to be broken up, when the towline broke.