101.   A defence ministry spokesman said only a few details remained to be arranged with NATO regarding the participation of the Tornados in a combat mission.

102.   An official of the Russian air force command said Russian aircraft were continuing to fly combat missions in Chechnya.

103.   Earlier President Bill Clinton named James Wold, a retired Air Force general who flew combat missions in Vietnam to head the Pentagon effort to account for missing servicemen.

104.   They called for women to be employed in combat missions on the same basis as men, which currently infringes the constitution.

105.   NATO has called on Germany to take part in combat missions over Bosnia-Hercegovnia, German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel said Thursday.

106.   That decision was viewed as an historic step because it was the first combat mission for German soldiers since World War II.

107.   The historic decision means that for the first time since the Second World War, German troops have been sent out on a combat mission.