11.   The Russian interior ministry said Russian forces intervened after Chechnya refused to let Russian aircraft overfly its territory to track the criminals if they fled.

12.   They were escorted by one Israeli military helicopter as they overflew Israeli territory.

13.   Iraq said Saturday it had fired two surface-to-air missiles at US warplanes overflying Iraqi territory but failed to hit them.

14.   Lebanese Hezbollah militia fired anti-aircraft guns at Israeli warplanes, which were overflying Lebanese territory Monday for the second day in a row, Lebanese police said.

15.   Meanwhile, fighting continued on the ground with a UN spokesman saying Bosnian Serb forces were preventing UN Protection Force helicopters from overflying their territory.

16.   Mexico also must authorize US aircraft to overfly its territory as well as allow US ships to pursue suspected drug traffickers in its territorial waters.

17.   On Saturday, Iraq said it fired two surface-to-air missiles at US warplanes overflying Iraqi territory, but failed to hit either.

18.   Separately, the Lebanese Hezbollah militia fired anti-aircraft guns at Israeli warplanes, which were overflying Lebanese territory for the second day in a row, Lebanese police said.

19.   The delegation had been escorted by one Israeli military helicopter as they overflew Israeli territory, witnesses said.