11.  He got a letter of regret about the missing Chinese pilot from Powell.

12.  It was unclear whether the marines might be involved in any way in the search for the missing pilot.

13.  The missing pilot, Capt. Craig D. Button, was the subject of network news shows, countless newspaper articles and lengthy military investigative reports.

14.  The two countries would cooperate in the search for the missing pilot.

15.  To secure the swap, Mr. Netanyahu backed away from an Israeli hard line that had insisted on information about a missing Israeli pilot.

16.  A Chinese admiral was quoted as warning that the nation might have to accept the death of the missing pilot.

17.  A French ultimatum demanding information about the missing pilots expired overnight with no word from the Bosnian Serbs on their fate.

18.  A Canadian air force fighter plane crashed Wednesday during a training mission, and after a daylong search for the missing pilot the military declared he had been killed.

19.  A French ultimatum demanding information about the missing pilots expired overnight with no word from Bosnian Serbs on their fate.

20.  A massive search for the missing pilot, identified as Wang Wei, has so far found nothing.