31.   However, there were no new reports of rescued survivors by the evening of the sixth day of the disaster, rescuers said.

32.   If the men are found alive, however, rescuers said food and water could be lowered through the narrow shaft until work on the wider one is completed.

33.   It is still unclear whether the seven or eight people aboard the plane have been found, although rescuers said Saturday that there were no signs of survivors.

34.   It was resumed, but rescuers said there was no chance for them to survive.

35.   Land, air and sea rescuers said they would resume the search for the twin-engine plane Sunday.

36.   Many of the dead were women and children, rescuers said.

37.   Many of the fatalities were women and children, rescuers said.

38.   Many of the fatalities were women and one was a young girl, rescuers said.

39.   Meanwhile, rescuers said Saturday they were still looking for survivors of another wreck of an unidentified ship off the southern French naval port of Toulon.

40.   Military rescuers said they put out the flames in about an hour and located several badly burned bodies near the wreckage.