BAGHDAD (Nov. 10) - Iraq said on Monday that U.N. arms monitors
 had resumed U.S. U-2 spy flights over its territory, but no inci-
 dents were reported despite previous Iraqi threats to shoot down
 the planes.
     Iraq said a spy plane crossed its border early on Monday from
 Saudi Arabia but was out of range of its anti-aircraft missiles.
     "The U-2 plane left our international airspace at 11.28 a.m.
 (0828 GMT). It left from the same place it had entered Iraqi air-
 space. It has returned to Saudi Arabia," a military spokesman told
 Baghdad radio.
     "Our defences are ready being prepared to confront the situ-
 ation," he said.
     Earlier Cable News Network (CNN) reported that U-2 aircraft had
 resumed flying on Monday, as the United Nations had said they would.
 The network said U.S. officials had notified members of Congress in
 Washington. U.S. officials were not immediately available for
 comment.
     CNN said fighter planes were accompanying the U-2s in case Iraq
 carried out its threat. The United States has threatened to retali-
 ate if its planes are shot down.
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   Hillary Clinton's plane forced back to U.S. by engine trouble
                         (Update to News-834)
 WASHINGTON - November 10, 1997 00:23 a.m. EST -- A plane flying
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     Hillary Clinton postponed her flight until Monday afternoon
 because immediate repairs couldn't be made to the plane, air base
 officials said.
    The plane, a Boeing 707 that had been used as Air Force One
 dating back to the Nixon administration, began dumping fuel as a
 precautionary measure just a few minutes after takeoff when the
 emergency was detected.
     Hillary Clinton had been traveling to the former Soviet Union
 for a nine-day trip to encourage development of the now independent
 republics.
     She was originally scheduled to leave Andrews Air Force Base at
 8 p.m., but the flight from the base in suburban Washington was
 delayed in order to fix a water leak in the press section.
     The aircraft had been scheduled to refuel in Shannon, Ireland,
 before heading to the first stop on Hillary Clinton's tour, Almaty,
 Kazakhstan.
     She also was to visit Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Russia and
 Ukraine.
     The countries on Hillary Clinton's itinerary are struggling to
 shift from state-run to market economies.
     "The point of this trip is straightforward: to strengthen the
 young, but already strong, ties between our countries and to share
 ideas and experiences about ethnic and religious tolerance," Hillary
 Clinton told a conference on education on Friday.
     Tied up with a trade battle on Capitol Hill and preparing for an
 oil summit in Canada, Clinton asked his wife to visit the region in
 his stead. She will promote economic and political stability in
 Central Asia, where democracy has yet to mature and rich mineral
 resources remain untapped.
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 Family of seven killed in Alaska air crash (Update previous news)
     ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Nov. 9, 1997 8:59 p.m. EST - Eight people,
 including a family of seven, died when a commuter plane crashed
 shortly after takeoff Saturday in Barrow, Alaska.
     The Cessna Caravan, being operated by Hageland Aviation of St.
 Marys in western Alaska, crashed into the Arctic Ocean, officials
 said.
     The plane was pulled out of the water and onto the beach late
 Saturday, and bodies were recovered from it, said Randy Crosby,
 deputy director of the North Slope Borough's search and rescue ser-
 vices. There were no survivors, he said, and the cause was
 undetermined.
     Killed were James Itta Sr., Mary Itta and five others, Crosby
 said. He said investigators Sunday were working to confirm the
 identifications of the children, believed to be the Ittas'
 daughters.
     Also killed was pilot Tom Knight of Barrow, Crosby said.
     According to the Anchorage Daily News, the Itta family had been
 traveling to Wainright, a nearby Inupiat Eskimo village, for the
 funeral and burial of Mary Itta's brother.
     On board the flight was a casket holding the body of her
 brother, Norman Matoomealook, who had died in an Anchorage
 hospital, the Daily News reported.
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