21.   The UN said two ICRC aid workers remained in the town, where airborne aid transports have been suspended, after what it called an extremely delicate evacuation operation.

22.   The United States was planning to resume its evacuation operation on Saturday after coming under fire on Friday.

23.   Two French soldiers were injured during the evacuation operation.

24.   Two US helicopters were shot down during the evacuation operation in Somalia.

25.   It was a happy ending to the biggest civilian evacuation operation the Netherlands has seen since the end of the Second World War.

26.   Less than a week after the crisis began, the US military launched a massive evacuation operation of American citizens and other foreign nationals.

27.   Meanwhile, the evacuation operation continued Wednesday night, despite security concerns expressed by US military officials in Freetown airport, the transit point in the operations.

28.   No mention has been made of any further evacuation operations, Atacanli said.

29.   The evacuation operation should be suspended soon.

30.   The French foreign ministry said earlier it was prepared to take part in an evacuation operation for all foreign nationals in Kabul.