1.   Araskog did not discuss possible ties with those ITT properties Sunday.

2.   Al-Badri also met Saturday with Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin to discuss economic ties, Interfax reported.

3.   Al-Sharaa and his delegation also will be discussing bilateral ties with senior Iranian officials, IRNA said.

4.   Arab ministers discuss suspending ties with Israel.

5.   Caribbean leaders also will discuss closer ties with communist Cuba.

6.   Choi was deported to Seoul a day before New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger began an unofficial visit to South Korea to discuss trade ties.

7.   Clinton and Ramos were expected to discuss economic ties.

8.   He has met Christian and Muslim clerics and discussed promoting ties between the faiths.

9.   He met Thursday with Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to discuss bilateral ties.

10.   He said the Higher Jordanian-Egyptian Committee will meet soon, probably in February, to discuss promoting ties.