71.  This contrasted with statements by French Foreign Ministry spokesman Jacques Rummelhardt who said early Wednesday in Paris that no French plane had overflown Iraq in the past few days.

72.  Vedrine was met at Kabul airport by his Afghan counterpart Abdullah Abdullah after he flew in aboard a French military plane from the neighbouring central Asian republic of Tajikistan.

73.  Vedrine arrived at Kabul airport aboard a French military plane from Tajikistan for talks with Afghan officials including Abdullah.

74.  Millon said between two and four French planes were taking part in the raids on Serb positions.

75.  One French plane was shot down.

76.  Paris admitted however Wednesday that French planes were taking part alongside US and British aircraft in flying surveillance missions.

77.  The defence ministry also denied that a French plane had flown over Goma.

78.  The French plane was shotdown by Serb forces near their Pale headquarters, the official said on condition of anonymity.

79.  The French plane was the third allied aircraft to be shot down over Bosnia in three years of conflict in the former Yugoslav republic.