51.   Lim conveyed messages from South Korean President Kim Dae-jung urging North Korea to break out of isolation and build ties with the outside world.

52.   Many activists questioned his tactics and were angered by his attempts to maintain dialogue and build ties with some Indonesian generals and officials.

53.   Menem said the accords were important steps in building closer ties between the EU and Mercosur, which comprises Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.

54.   Moreover, the Republican Party is seeking to build political ties to the entertainment industry, which has long favored Democrats.

55.   Moscow has built friendly ties with Israel, but largely lost its clout with the Palestinians whom it armed against the Israelis during the Soviet times.

56.   NATO nations agreed in December to build stronger ties with Russia.

57.   New families, mothers-to-be and new mums should not miss the opportunity to learn a new way of building strong ties.

58.   Prime Minister Paul Keating has promised to replace the British monarch with an Australian head of state and build closer ties with the booming economies of Asia.

59.   Protestants demand a stable new government within the state, where they form a majority, while Catholics are determined to build formal ties with the Irish Republic.

60.   Putin proposed the creation of an agency to deal with ethnic Russians living in other countries and asked the Russian business community to help build ties with those abroad.