71.   Newly freed US airman Bobby Hall believes that his helicopter was shot down over North Korea, a high-ranking Pentagon official said Friday.

72.   North Korean radio reported that the helicopter was shot down.

73.   One soldier was killed and seven others suffered burns Wednesday when a Russian interior ministry helicopter was shot down in Chechnya, Russian state television RTR said.

74.   North Korea has insisted its troops shot the helicopter down, but US officials say they will need to confirm the report with Hall himself.

75.   The Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in the no-fly zone established after the Gulf War to protect Kurds from Iraqi air attacks.

76.   The Bosnian foreign minister, Irfan Ljubijankic, was killed early Sunday when his helicopter was shot down in an area of Croatia held by separatist Serbs.

77.   The commando leader said a Russian helicopter was shot down during the fighting and several armoured vehicles destroyed.

78.   The Defense Department has not confirmed that the helicopter was shot down.

79.   The helicopter was shot down five minutes later, it said.