91.  Cuba maintained the planes entered its airspace but the United States said Havana shot down the US civilian planes over international waters.

92.  Cuba said the US civilian planes were inside its airspace.

93.  Cuba shot down two US civilian planes in February outside its airspace, the chief of the UN agency investigating the incident said late Thursday.

94.  During the Gulf War Tokyo was forced to send civilian planes to pick up its citizens in Kuwait.

95.  The Saturday downing of two US civilian planes has turned up the voltage on already tense US relations with Cuba.

96.  The White House and Congress agreed Wednesday on a bill to tighten the embargo against Cuba following the shootdown of two US civilian planes.

97.  The White House and Congress have agreed on a bill to tighten the embargo against Cuba following the downing of two US civilian planes.

98.  The United States maintains the US-based civilian planes downed by Cuba were over international waters, while Cuba says they were in its airspace with terrorist aims.

99.  Washington accuses Cuba of shooting down the civilian planes in violation of international law, saying that they were over international waters when the incident occurred.

100.  Washington said the civilian planes were in international airspace but Havana maintains they violated its airspace after repeated warnings.