1.   Like the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the meeting is essentially a networking opportunity dressed up as an economic seminar.

2.   Arats last week put off an economic seminar originally set up as a platform for high-level cross-strait talks after the seminar was boycotted by the SEF.

3.   But Swiss foreign ministry spokeswoman Yasmine Chatila said the government was reconsidering whether to go ahead with a high-level Swiss-Israeli economic seminar planned for November.

4.   Closer economic ties are key to nurturing Middle East peace, Arabs and Israelis said at an economic seminar Tuesday.

5.   Harald V on Tuesday will attend the opening of a Polish-Norwegian economic seminar and a computer technology center in Warsaw.

6.   He led a delegation to Washington in April to attend an economic seminar as North Korea sought ways to expand ties with the United States.

7.   Accompanied by a delegation of ministers and businessmen, Frei also took party in a Sino-Chilean economic seminar on Friday.

8.   Accompanied by a delegation of ministers and businessmen, Frei was to take part in a Sino-Chilean economic seminar on Friday.

9.   Earlier in the day, Longuet opened a Franco-Chinese economic seminar and also met President Jiang Zemin.

10.   Kim led a North Korean delegation to the US capital in April to attend an economic seminar.