91.   At the Wal-Mart in the Southern California suburb of Brea, customers are buying blackout supplies along with fans and low-energy light bulbs.

92.   At the Al-Hindi home, relatives gathered to mourn the death of the girl, who they said was buying school supplies when she was killed.

93.   Authorities refused to let her buy fresh supplies and prevented her party members and doctors from giving her food and water, party members have said.

94.   But a neighbor, who also refused to identify himself, told The Associated Press that men from Kosovo had been coming to buy supplies.

95.   But with Iraqi assets frozen abroad and oil sales prohibited, the government says it has no money to buy the supplies.

96.   Buying household supplies is even more difficult.

97.   During communist times, individual factories could not sell their products or buy supplies abroad.

98.   He buys his supplies in Poland, avoiding higher costs from the ruble devaluation.

99.   He does get paid -- about enough to buy school supplies.

100.   However, he said residents are taking safety precautions like securing boats and buying supplies.