11.   Flight tests took place on Tuesday and Wednesday in the southern mining town of Kolar, defence ministry officials said.

12.   For the first time, women in France this year will get the chance to become air force pilots, the defence ministry has said.

13.   General Jean-Pierre Kelche is expected on Monday to meet top government members and Tajik Defence Minister Sherali Khairulloyev, the Tajik defence ministry said.

14.   Four Tigers were killed in a separate incident in the eastern district of Batticaloa, the defence ministry said in a statement.

15.   Fourteen North Koreans defectors are heading towards South Korea aboard a ship, the defence ministry said Monday, without giving further details.

16.   German troops stationed in Croatia meanwhile became available for peacekeeping duties in Bosnia-Hercegovina as of Monday, the German defence ministry in Bonn announced.

17.   France on Friday carried out a third underground nuclear test at its test site in the South Pacific, the defence ministry said.

18.   France on Wednesday carried out the fifth in its current series of nuclear tests at its Mururoa site in the South Pacific, the defence ministry said.

19.   Gladyshev gave his interview in Moscow, where he had been summoned by the defence ministry following his corruption accusations.

20.   France detonated a nuclear weapon Tuesday at the Mururoa atoll in the South Pacific in the fourth of a series of tests, the defence ministry said.