41.   The Thai foreign ministry issued an action plan Thursday aimed at bolstering ties with the countries of southeast Asia and supporting Thai business interests abroad.

42.   The Yemeni president will later fly to Syria, Jordan and Egypt to bolster ties with them, officials said.

43.   Their talks are expected to focus on ways to bolster economic ties between the two countries.

44.   King Fahd and Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh have discussed plans to bolster ties in a telephone call, the Saudi news agency SPA reported on Thursday.

45.   The Jewish, Muslim and Christian clerics are forming a permanent committee which will seek to boost peace prospects by bolstering intercommunal ties and lobbying their political leaders.