A ministry statement announcing the company's decision said the move would help reorganize Mexico's air transport system.

The driver was not on the locomotive at that time, the ministry statement implied.

A ministry statement said two machine guns, ammunition and "a large stock of explosives" were seized.

The ministry statement did not provide a percentage figure for the third-quarter growth.

"Movements by the federal army are leading toward the outbreak of civil war," the ministry statement said.

A ministry statement did not identify the aircraft or say how many people had died.

Twenty-five people were wounded, according to a ministry statement carried by the official Saudi press agency.

It turned out that "the shots fired were only sound blasts," said a ministry statement.

"The problem of divided families was reaching grave proportions," a ministry statement said, explaining the new policy.

A ministry statement said "the right to enter Israel will be denied from those taking part in hostile activities."