1.   McCullough also met with offensive coordinator Norm Chow to discuss improving his effort.

2.   On Wednesday evening, the powerful industry association led by Kao announced that he would travel to Beijing soon after the March elections to discuss improving economic ties.

3.   A senior U.N. official arrived in Baghdad Monday to discuss improving the delivery of goods and supplies to sanctions-stricken Iraqis under a U.N.-supervised program.

4.   A South Korean presidential envoy will visit North Korea next week to discuss improving relations between the rival countries, the two Koreas said Monday in a joint statement.

5.   City authorities were discussing improving protection of Jewish sites, said Strunden.

6.   They met their counterparts to discuss improving relations between cities in Britain and South Africa.

7.   Japanese and US officials have set up a panel of experts to discuss improving the implementation of the criminal jurisdication procedures under the bilateral status agreement.