1.   Clinton will use his March trip to Chile and Argentina to try to bolster trade ties and mend fences.

2.   His father and his lawyers say that Jordan has exaggerated the threat of the millennium plot to bolster its ties with the United States.

3.   Putin stressed his desire to bolster economic ties with western Europe.

4.   A day after endorsing a series of deals, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin vowed Tuesday to even further bolster ties with Turkey.

5.   At an Islamic summit in Tehran last week, Khatami also bolstered ties with Arab countries, which had soured after the revolution.

6.   At an Islamic summit in Tehran last week, Khatami bolstered ties with Arab countries, which had soured after the revolution.

7.   Both leaders promised to try to further bolster ties, especially in trade and scientific exchanges.

8.   Chernomyrdin is traveling to four Gulf nations to bolster ties and seek investments from the oil-rich region, as well as to discuss Iraq.

9.   Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji arrived in Kazakstan on Wednesday on a trip intended to bolster ties with the former Soviet republic in volatile Central Asia.

10.   Caribbean leaders discussed with Libyan officials Sunday ways of bolstering economic ties between their countries and the oil-rich Arab state.