31.   The Japanese transport aircraft will carry out airlift missions between U.S. bases in Japan and staging areas overseas, the reports said.

32.   The Russian air force on Thursday denied media reports claiming its aircraft had already carried out raids on Afghanistan, the Interfax news agency said.

33.   The Russian air force on Thursday denied media reports claiming its aircraft carried out raids on Afghanistan, the Interfax news agency said.

34.   The two aircraft would also carry food supplies for Malaysian embassy staff.

35.   The U.S.-made aircraft normally carries four crew members.

36.   The unmanned aircraft carry cameras, sensors and communications equipment.

37.   U.S. aircraft have carried out such attacks frequently in recent weeks in both northern and southern Iraq.

38.   U.S. aircraft have been carrying out surveillance flights over Somalia for several months, and Western naval ships are patrolling its coastline.

39.   However, other Air Force transport aircraft carry the black boxes and it was unclear why a training plane would not.

40.   Israeli aircraft carried out a series of raids on Palestinian bases south of Beirut Sunday wounding four people, security officials said here.