1.   Container ships with vital supplies are stranded on the high seas.

2.   One man could not be found, several others were slightly injured, but worst of all vital supplies were missing.

3.   Some vital supplies were lost when natives attacked pack-horse trains.

4.   Surrounded by crossfire the Hercules, carrying vital supplies of food and medicines, descends steeply to avoid the crossfire.

5.   Clothes... medicine... blankets and baby foods form just part of the vital supplies donated to help the Kurdish refugees fleeing persecution after the Gulf War.

6.   A GROUP of students is to take vital medical supplies to Albania to help thousands of poverty-stricken people.

7.   Mr Jones claimed the crosses were necessary for his mercy missions to Romania, to ensure vital supplies got through.

8.   And U.S. officials usually found some powerful segment that could be harmed by sanctions that cut off a vital supply of Japanese components.

9.   Across the county line, in Dare, storm stragglers made several convenient stores the hot spot for fresh cups of coffee and other vital supplies.