1.   Brazil also is interested in expanding trade ties with the European Union.

2.   Bush has stressed the need to expand ties with Latin American leaders and has pushed a plan to create a hemispheric free-trade zone modeled on NAFTA.

3.   But the agenda includes trade, economic cooperation and other measures to expand ties between Russia and North Korea.

4.   China also is worried about expanding operational ties that could ensure rapid American involvement in any combat across the Taiwan Strait.

5.   Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it will expand its ties with Volvo AB in passenger-car production.

6.   Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it will expand its ties with Volvo AB to produce passenger cars.

7.   Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it will expand its ties with Volvo AB, the Swedish automaker.

8.   Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it will expand its ties with Volvo AB by supplying the Swedish automaker with one of its latest engines.

9.   Of the Arabs, Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan were the most eager to expand commercial ties with Israel.

10.   Ogawa said that many sokaiya, including himself, then expanded their ties with securities companies into investing.