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October 24, 1999

Germany is threatening to pull out of the seven-nation Airbus-400M airlifter, which would leave the French-led program in the lurch and looking for a new financial structure. The Germans are threatening to build a version of the Russian An-70 instead of the European aircraft.--Stephen V Cole