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To: Mephisto who wrote (2397)	4/11/2001 6:19:36 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

''Double Sorry'' Ends China-U.S. Spy Plane Crisis Wednesday April 11 4:17 PM ET By Michael Battye BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States ended an 11-day crisis with China on Wednesday by saying it was ``very sorry'' a Chinese pilot died in a collision with its spy plane and ``very sorry'' the U.S. plane landed in China without permission. The ``double sorry'' won a promise that the spy plane's 24 crew, detained on China's Hainan island since the collision, would be freed and Washington promptly dispatched a chartered passenger aircraft to pick them up. It fell short of China's insistent demands for a full apology, although it represented a major retreat by President Bush, who initially offered only ``regrets,'' and did not extract a U.S. admission of responsibility. to put together,'' he said. dailynews.yahoo.com