21.   Ukrainian communist leaders protested Wednesday against U.S. airstrikes on Afghanistan and urged the government to close its airspace to American aircraft in the anti-terrorism campaign.

22.   With NATO carrying out airstrikes on targets in Kosovo and Yugoslavia, neighboring Bosnia has closed its airspace to all civil flights.

23.   India withdrew its high commissioner to Islamabad last month, severed road and rail links between the two and later closed its airspace to flights by Pakistan International Airways.

24.   Iran meanwhile said it had closed its airspace to the plane.

25.   The New Zealand authorities closed airspace over Mount Ruapehu on Monday and issued a high alert warning, fearing the volcano was about to stage a large-scale eruption.

26.   New Delhi also snapped road and rail links between the two countries and later closed its airspace to flights by Pakistan International Airways.