11.   Serb leader Radovan Karadzic had suggested that the pilots could be released if France made an important gesture.

12.   Taiwan will release the pilots of a Singapore Airlines jet that crashed in October while taking off on the wrong runway, a prosecutor said Friday.

13.   The administration enlisted him to devote his visit instead to getting the pilots released.

14.   The Clinton administration has showed increasing impatience over the incident, warning that relations with North Korea could be set back unless it quickly released the pilot.

15.   The pilot was released, police said.

16.   The Port Authority, which oversees the airport, said the man released the pilot shortly afterward, along with a list of demands.

17.   The robbers released the pilot unharmed.

18.   The White House welcomed the agreement to repatriate the remains but said it had no concrete assurances the second pilot would be released.

19.   They released the pilot and he immediately contacted police, Roth said.

20.   But while the Russian pilots were released from jail by government order, Bleach is still in prison and has challenged his imprisonment in court.