1.   Clinton is concluding today a trip to Japan that has emphasized the military and security partnership the two countries share.

2.   Other Russian officials have implied that a new Cold War could result from military action by the West, severing the post-Soviet security partnership between Russia and NATO.

3.   The very sharpness of the initial Egyptian reaction has underscored some of the sensitivity beneath what both countries describe as a close security partnership.

4.   China worries about the agreement last year to upgrade the U.S.-Japan security partnership.

5.   Nonaligned Nordic countries Sweden and Finland on Tuesday presented joint proposals for the development of security partnerships that are working to adapt their policies to reflect new realities.

6.   The U.S. military began developing a security partnership with Singapore after American forces were forced to leave major air and naval bases in the Philippines northeast of here.