61.   Rifkind, on a regional tour, flew in from Saudi Arabia and was received at Damascus airport by Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa.

62.   Saleh arrived here from Syria on the third leg of a regional tour that has also taken him to Qatar.

63.   The diplomat arrived in Baku from Turkmenistan as part of a regional tour.

64.   The commerce secretary was speaking to officials and business executives in Cairo on the Egyptian leg of a regional tour.

65.   The EU delegation earlier Thursday visited Cairo, part of a regional tour which will also take it to Syria, the Palestinian self-rule areas and Jordan.

66.   The EU delegation stopped in Zimbabwe as part of a regional tour that includes visits to Congo, Angola, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.

67.   The four-day regional tour is meant to further consolidate ties between the Gulf nations, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

68.   The French envoys are on a regional tour to discuss an outbreak of fighting last week that killed two Israelis and nine Lebanese.

69.   The EU delegation earlier Thursday visited Cairo, part of a regional tour which will also take it to Israel, the Palestinian self-rule areas and Jordan.

70.   The French emissaries are on a regional tour to discuss an outbreak of fighting last week that killed two Israelis and nine Lebanese.