41.   Jet fighters could patrol the skies nearby in case the spy planes are threatened, they said.

42.   Military aircraft were seen patrolling the skies above the capital.

43.   NATO agreed Wednesday to send a surveillance plane to patrol the skies.

44.   NATO planes routinely patrol the skies over Bosnia to monitor a no-fly zone.

45.   Officials in Bonn confirmed that NATO had asked Germany to contribute fighter planes to patrol the skies over Bosnia.

46.   On Saturday, Iraq said it would fire on U.S. and British warplanes patrolling skies over northern and southern Iraq.

47.   Police helicopters patrolled the skies above the city, which besides ongoing Christmas festivities was otherwise deserted.

48.   Saddam said his forces would continue to confront the U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the sky over the Kurdish zone and over southern Iraq.

49.   Some in the Arab world also resent the presence of U.S. troops in the kingdom, from which the United States patrols the skies over southern Iraq.

50.   The American military patrolled the skies over Afghanistan on Saturday in pursuit of Osama bin Laden and his soldiers as a new leader was installed in Kabul.