1.Earlier in the day, a planeload of U.N. weapons inspectors left Baghdad aboard a flight to Cyprus, joining the exodus of diplomats, aid workers and other foreigners.
2.Supported by a planeload of businessmen, Gordon Brown set out on his second visit to China last night, full of good intentions to strengthen political, economic and cultural ties with Beijing.
7.We were assured there was a new consignment of Santa's little helpers arriving from the North Pole in time for the next planeload of visitors, but in the meantime the morning had been hastily renamed a " taster session" .