111.   The trip comes at a turning point for the US role in Bosnia.

112.   The trip comes two days Zuma cancelled a trip to Harare to meet Mugabe and First Vice President Simon Muzenda, after being told Muzenda was unavailable.

113.   The trip will come a day after the first foreign minister-level talks between the arch-rivals in eight years.

114.   The trip will come ahead of a papal visit to Lebanon expected to take place in May.

115.   The spokesman said the trip comes at a time when there has been fresh thinking in Washington on the nuclear issue.

116.   The trip also comes after the Agriculture Department also annnounced Tuesday that the United States will sell up to one million tons of subsidized wheat to China.

117.   The trip comes ahead of an official visit to China by Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin later this month.

118.   The trip comes amid persisting tension between the two countries over a series of disputes including intellectual property protection, missile and nuclear proliferation and human rights.

119.   The trip comes hot on the heels of an unannounced visit to Beijing by CIA Director John Deutch and Assistant Secretary of State Winston Lord.

120.   The trip comes after PNG Foreign Minister Kilroy Genia telephoned Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer about the equipment earlier this week.