1.   David Janssen, the chief astronaut on the ground, has to fight Gregory Peck to get the rescue mission approved.

2.   House Republicans, however, debated a bill that would halt funding for U.S. troops in Bosnia unless Congress specifically approves the mission.

3.   If the risk is considered significant, the mission must be approved by a two-star general or higher rank, or it is scrubbed.

4.   If the mission is approved by the UN Security Council, several thousand more American troops will provide support from neighboring countries in Central Africa, McCurry said.

5.   If Parliament does not approve the mission, it will not deter NATO from going ahead with it.

6.   Monday, the former president said that even before the mission was approved, he had done another bit of free-lance diplomacy.

7.   NASA has approved a mission to fly by three comets, and building of the spacecraft begins this month.

8.   The center-right opposition has indicated it will abstain to allow the mission to be approved without the support of the communists.

9.   The fact-finding mission was approved by the Security Council after Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said that Israel would not object to such a mission.

10.   Their mandate is restricted to Kabul, and the Karzai government would have to approve the mission.