11.   His trip followed the release of five ethnic Greeks jailed last September on charges of spying for Athens.

12.   His trip followed reports of armed fighters from Liberia crossing over into Sierra Leone.

13.   His trip followed earlier talks Saturday and Sunday in Ingushetia, a tiny republic bordering on Chechnya.

14.   His trip follows visits by Premier Li Peng a year ago and parliamentary leader Qiao Shi in April.

15.   Israeli President Ezer Weizman notified the German government on Tuesday that he was postponing his scheduled trip there following a fatal suicide bombing in Jerusalem.

16.   Keeping up a busy international travel schedule, he will visit China in June followed by trips planned later in the year to India, Pakistan and Malaysia.

17.   Keeping up a busy travel schedule, he will visit China in June followed by trips planned later in the year to India and Pakistan and Malaysia.

18.   Many hospital trips followed.

19.   Major, whose trip followed tension raised between the two countries last month over Northern Ireland, has had nothing to say on the Ingram case.

20.   Mr Sharif is only the fourth Pakistani official to visit Hong Kong, and his trip follows a five-day official visit to Beijing.