11.   It was not clear who decided that U.S. troops should move into the Serbian area for the search operation, but Ivanovic said it was asking for trouble.

12.   Most of the villages in the Gisenyi region are still missing men who were taken away during the search operations.

13.   Never used in a similar search operation, the laser camera relayed television quality pictures of the debris.

14.   Search operations were hampered Thursday afternoon when storm clouds formed near the higher ground of Kaibeto Plateau, which flows into the canyon.

15.   Search operations continued after engineers conducted safety checks.

16.   Some of the fighters have clearly fled into Pakistan, where American commandos have joined the Pakistani Army in search operations in the North West Frontier Agencies.

17.   The American commanders are in the mountains and have started the search operation.

18.   The Navy said weather conditions would likely preclude further underwater search operations until at least Saturday, as a storm had moved into the area.

19.   The military maintains the number of people killed in the recent search operations is far smaller than the United Nations has reported.

20.   Peruvian and Venezuelan officials launched a search operation last month for Montesinos in central Venezuela, but said they had found no trace of the fugitive.