51.   The European Union is scheduled to sign agreements Monday to open trade and boost economic cooperation with Vietnam and Tunisia.

52.   The ministers hope to boost cooperation with international police agencies like Interpol and form a common policy to discourage Western countries from harboring Muslim militants, officials said.

53.   The new measures will tighten frontier and point-of-sale controls and boost cooperation between customs agencies of EU members.

54.   The presidents of Ukraine and oil-rich Kazakstan agreed Tuesday to boost economic cooperation, especially in the energy sector.

55.   The partnership program was set up last year to boost defense cooperation between East and West, and prepare some nations for NATO membership.

56.   The presidents of Ukraine, Romania and Moldova agreed Thursday on a common goal of integrating with Europe and pledged to boost cooperation along their borders.

57.   The project comes at a time when Turkey and Israel have boosted military cooperation, drawing criticism aimed at Ankara from the Arab world and Iran.

58.   The two leaders also agreed to boost cooperation to recover from economic difficulties faced by Asian countries, they said.

59.   The two leaders will discuss bilateral relations and ways to boost economic cooperation.

60.   The three days of talks will center on a plan to boost business cooperation between the developing countries.