21.   A top pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team may have defected to the United States after going missing before an international match here Saturday.

22.   European Commissioner Hans van den Broek earlier said that the five observers had been reported missing before the NATO raids began.

23.   Right-hander Osvaldo Fernandez went missing shortly before the game between Cuba and the Team USA, US officials were told by their Cuban counterparts.

24.   The aircraft was declared missing shortly before its scheduled landing at Bilbao.