11.   Next month, Whitman is to conduct a three-country swing through South America in an attempt to strengthen trade relations between New Jersey businesses and Latin America.

12.   Other programs, aimed at boosting morale and strengthening community relations, include special phone numbers for families to get information about detainees and planned complaint boxes.

13.   Rep. Solomon Ortiz returned this past weekend from a trip that strengthened relations between Taiwan and the Rio Grande Valley.

14.   She was committed to strengthening race relations, but wanted more in her career.

15.   The prime minister said he would make three trips within the next month to Europe to strengthen foreign relations.

16.   U.S. Ambassador to the EU Felix Rohatyn suggested earlier today that such disputes with U.S. trading partners over extraterritorial reach can actually strengthen relations.

17.   With NATO preparing to expand, Russia has redoubled its efforts to strengthen its relations with former Soviet republics like Ukraine.

18.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad left Monday for New Zealand for a four-day visit aimed at strengthening economic relations.

19.   Polish Prime Minister Wlodzimiers Cimoszewics is to visit Indonesia next week to strengthen economic relations between the two countries.

20.   Poland and Lithuania took steps to strengthen relations Tuesday by signing a border agreement, together with several other documents on political and military cooperation.