11.   It said Minsk air traffic control had even given organizers position reports on the balloons the morning of the shooting and there was no indication that anything was amiss.

12.   Looser social controls have given people more personal freedoms.

13.   Mission control gave no explanation for the delay and said no new blast-off date has been set.

14.   Political analyst Jim McQueeny said such control gives Senate presidents enormous influence, making it unlikely DiFrancesco or Bennett - his second-in-command - will face much internal opposition.

15.   Since those countries are permanent members of the council, such control would give them effective veto power over prosecutions.