21.   Annan came to Rwanda on an eight-nation African tour to mend relations between the United Nations and Rwanda, which is still recovering from the killing campaign.

22.   Blair wants to mend relations, though few officials here see London quickly abandoning its traditional reluctance to ever-deeper European integration.

23.   Britain moved Wednesday to mend relations with Zimbabwe hurt by a controversial plan to seize white-owned farms and food riots that shook the confidence of British investors.

24.   Both sides have taken tentative steps to mend relations, and the New York meeting is intended to show their sincerity.

25.   British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook arrived in Ankara Tuesday in a bid to mend strained relations between Turkey and the European Union.

26.   But Iran has been moving of late to mend relations.

27.   For his part, Yeltsin is eager to mend relations with the politically powerful Russian Orthodox Church, which was publicly irked by his veto of the earlier version.

28.   Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar is sending a bouquet of flowers to his Australian counterpart in a bid to mend relations strained after Australia refused to play in Colombo.

29.   Germany chancellor heads to Beijing to mend relations.

30.   Greece on Thursday welcomed an Albanian Supreme Court decision to release four ethnic Greeks and described the ruling as an opportunity for the two countries to mend strained relations.