1.   It has worked to upgrade its relations with Europe and Japan as well as South Korea and the United States.

2.   Japan and several other countries suggested that they would quickly upgrade relations with Burma, which for years has been treated as an international pariah.

3.   Recently the United States and the Republic of China upgraded relations.

4.   The Clinton administration moved last year to upgrade unofficial relations with Taipei by allowing meetings between higher-level officials than before.

5.   After his trip to India, Deputy Secretary of State Armitage hinted that New Delhi was likely to take concrete steps to upgrade its relations with Pakistan.

6.   After meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi in Riyadh Saturday, Prince Saud expressed hope that Iran and Egypt would upgrade relations.

7.   After his trip to India, Armitage hinted that New Delhi was likely to take concrete steps to upgrade its relations with Pakistan.

8.   But none of the three officials offered a hint about when the United States would upgrade relations.

9.   China, which claims Taiwan as its own, was enraged by what it viewed as an attempt to upgrade relations with the United States.

10.   Dong-A said Hun Sen will upgrade relations to the full ambassadorial level during his Seoul visit.