1.   But as even big communications carriers have been hit by the economic downturn, smaller competitors like Winstar have had an even tougher time.

2.   Some members of the Lincoln flight deck crew say an engine may have failed and Hultgreen may have sharply turned the disabled plane to avoid hitting the carrier.

3.   The ban had hit the carrier particularly hard, causing it to take the plane out of service at a number of locations.

4.   The carrier has been hit hard by recent delays to flight arrivals and departures at Sydney airport and an aggressive push for domestic market share by rival Qantas.

5.   The carriers were hit with stiff fines when agents detected loads of cocaine or other contraband mixed in with legitimate shipments.

6.   Analysts believe other carriers have been hit harder by a downturn in business travel.

7.   But state-run Beirut radio said three Israel-allied militiamen were wounded and an armored personnel carrier was hit.

8.   Soon after, the armored personnel carrier was hit.

9.   The Bangladeshi soldiers were wounded when their armored personnel carrier was hit by what appears to have been anti-aircraft rockets, U.N. spokesman Paul Risley said.

10.   Two Dutch peacekeepers were seriously wounded when a U.N. armored personnel carrier was hit near the eastern town of Kalesija by a shell believed fired by Bosnian Serbs.