91.   Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar met here Sunday with NATO Secretary General Javier Solana for talks on the future of the Atlantic alliance, officials said.

92.   Such enthusiasm contrasts with the cautious approach of the Socialists towards the Atlantic alliance, in view of Russian reservations.

93.   The affair caused severe strains within the Atlantic alliance, fuelling long-standing suspicions that the French army had an in-built bias towards the Serbs.

94.   The agreement will ease the transmission of information from the Atlantic alliance to the WEU, which is the only Europen body competent in defence matters.

95.   The air strikes also caused a rift within the Atlantic alliance.

96.   The Atlantic alliance is resisting any formal commitment to such consultations.

97.   The attacks also caused a rift within the Atlantic alliance, with France, Greece and Italy objecting to what they believed was an excessive use of force.

98.   The Czech Republic is expected to be among the first east European nations invited to join the Atlantic alliance along with Hungary and Poland at a summit in July.

99.   The NATO Council met all day Friday to try to break a deadlock with Russia over plans to expand the Atlantic alliance to the east, diplomatic sources said.

100.   The new year might be loaded with uncertainty for the Atlantic alliance, but things can hardly get any worse than they did this year.