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To: long-gone who wrote (67032)	4/4/2001 3:14:40 PM
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Powell Regrets Loss Of Chinese Pilot : Wednesday, April 04, 2001 01:32 PM EDT Washington, Apr 04, 2001 (EFE via COMTEX) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed regret Wednesday for the loss of the pilot of the Chinese aircraft that collided with a U.S. spy plane over the weekend, but he did not apologize to China for the incident. "We regret the loss of life of that Chinese pilot but now we need to move on," Powell told reporters. "We need to bring this to a resolution and we're using every avenue available to us to talk to the Chinese side to exchange explanations," he said. China has demanded that the United States apologize for Sunday's midair collision and continues to hold the plane's 24 crewmen in "protective custody." White House spokesman Ari Fleischer reiterated the U.S. position that the incident boils down to an accident. "The United States doesn't understand the reason for an apology. Our airplanes are operating in international airspace and the United States did nothing wrong," he said. Copyright (c) 2001. Agencia EFE S.A. News provided by COMTEX comtexnews.com