11.   A French aircraft to coordinate efforts also arrived.

12.   A French aircraft flying over the area Sunday evening picked up a faint distress signal which may have come from an automatic emergency beacon.

13.   A French aircraft was shot down by Serb air defences near the Bosnian Serb stronghold, Pale, a U.S. administration official said.

14.   An international arrest warrant has reportedly been issued for the head of a French aircraft maker accused of involvement in a Belgian corruption scandal.

15.   Another charges the plane was mistakenly shot down by a U.S. or French aircraft, possibly while chasing a Libyan fighter flying over Italian territory.

16.   Australian Maritime Safety Authority spokesman Robin Poke said the French aircraft was to continue to circle Fossett until an Australian transport plane arrived from Sydney.

17.   Chirac also wants to merge French aircraft maker Dassault with the state-controlled aerospace group Aerospatiale.

18.   Five French military aircraft were sent to nearby Gabon for a possible evacuation.

19.   French aircraft no longer take part in enforcing the no-fly zone over northern Iraq but still help to maintain the southern zone.

20.   French aircraft no longer take part in enforcing the no-fly zone over northern Iraq, but still help to maintain the southern zone.