1.   The tanker was stopped because of suspicions the ship was transporting Iraqi oil.

2.   They are also trying to stop the tanker from leaving Venezuela until a court decision is made.

3.   A MSA patrol boat stopped the tanker about three hours later and took it to Tokuyama port for investigation.

4.   According to Ben Salem, police said the natural gas tanker was stopped by synagogue guards as it approached the grounds and was ordered to turn around.

5.   According to Ben Salem, police said the tanker was stopped by synagogue guards as it approached the grounds and was ordered to turn around.

6.   At the time the tanker was stopped, Royal Dutch-Shell officials insisted its cargo was exclusively Iranian.

7.   Some returned to the scenes of abandoned blockades, hoping to stop the tankers again.

8.   The brief report did not say when the tanker was stopped, or if it was later allowed to proceed.

9.   The Malaysian-registered tanker was stopped Friday in Haikou, Hainan Island, after it vanished on a trip from Singapore to Vietnam.

10.   Iranian state radio said earlier that US frigates stopped the tanker in the northern Gulf and two seamen were injured when US forces on speed boats opened fire.