1.   Estonia, for example, already has bilateral military pacts with more than half of the NATO countries and has been tapped for possible membership in the European Union.

2.   Pakistan offered its neighbor India a bilateral pact Thursday to restrict the development of nuclear bombs, missiles and conventional weapons, the state-run news agency reported.

3.   Police here obtained an arrest warrant for Woodland on Monday, but under a bilateral pact they generally need U.S. approval to assume custody of military suspects.

4.   Australian Treasurer Ralph Willis echoed the concern about other countries being left in the cold by a bilateral pact.

5.   But that agreement appears in jeopardy as regional free trade accords take the place of bilateral pacts in Europe and the Americas.

6.   But they were quickly arrested and face deportation to Turkey under a bilateral pact that has been criticized by the U.N. refugee agency.

7.   He was to meet Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi later Friday to discuss trade, national security and the Japan-EU bilateral pact signed in December last year.

8.   Japan is now studying whether it should sign a bilateral pact with Washington or join a Council of Europe treaty on such transfers.

9.   Joint actions will also be taken to combat economic fraud, Xinhua said, citing unnamed government officials participating in the bilateral pact.

10.   Mexico is the only WTO member yet to conclude a bilateral pact with Beijing.