1.   Officials from Airbus Industrie went to California to discuss joining with McDonnell Douglas to compete harder against Boeing.

2.   When Sharon met with Barak to discuss joining his government on Thursday, right-wing lawmakers made that clear.

3.   Officials from three Central Asian countries met in the Kazak capital on Thursday to discuss joining the World Trade Organization.

4.   South Korea, Japan and the EU were meeting Friday in Geneva to discuss joining their complaints.

5.   The security council heads of the four Caucasian countries held a two-day meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi to discuss joining forces to combat terrorism.

6.   Alberto Poletto said officals had called in the US ambassador to Caracas to discuss joining the trade pact grouping Canada, Mexico and the United States.