41.   It was the first cooperative effort by Russian and American aviation experts to assess safety standards in Russian civil aviation.

42.   Late Tuesday, Egypt sent its top civil aviation official and a team of experts to Washington to review the cockpit voice recordings.

43.   National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday that a more dire warning without specifics could have caused a shut down of the civil aviation system.

44.   Negotiations apparently are hanging fire over the unwillingness of France to see its civil aviation factories bought by British and German firms.

45.   North Korea appears to have made its decision on the civil aviation policy in early December, well before the helicopter incident.

46.   Now, Ariana Afghan Airlines Capt. Nabi Hashimi hopes for a more civil aviation.

47.   On Tuesday night, the French transport minister, Jean-Claude Gayssot, said he had asked the civil aviation authority to cancel all Concorde flights Wednesday.

48.   Outstanding differences over the Japanese insurance and civil aviation industries also came up, they said.

49.   Pilots and charter company officials say customs, immigration and civil aviation authorities are all paid off by the dealers.

50.   Possible areas of cooperation include road construction, tourism and civil aviation.