11.   Australia became the second nation this year to normalize ties with Pyongyang after Italy established relations with the reclusive communist country in January.

12.   Australia became the second nation this year to normalize ties with Pyongyang after Italy established relations in January.

13.   Dentists who treat Israelis face expulsion from the national dentists union for helping to normalize ties with Israel, the association said Sunday.

14.   Dentists who treat Israelis face expulsion from the national union for helping to normalize ties with Israel, the association said Sunday.

15.   During his period as premier, however, Sanya also accelerated efforts to normalize ties with China and other communist nations.

16.   Ellicott is one of the first American companies to sell heavy equipment here since the United States and Vietnam normalized ties.

17.   European officials called on Turkey to speed up its democratization process to normalize ties with its western allies in a runup to a customs union vote later this year.

18.   Filipino and Singaporean officials, however, were eager to normalize ties.

19.   For Jordan and Israel, normalizing ties remains a struggle.

20.   Germany, Britain and Spain have also made moves to normalize ties with the North.