1.   Aware of such concerns, Attorney General John Ashcroft began a four-nation tour of Europe Wednesday to bolster cooperation and reassure allies.

2.   Clinton was banking that his address would bolster bipartisan cooperation that has already won the White House speedy Senate backing for most of his second term Cabinet.

3.   Since the end of the Cold War, European governments have been under increasing pressure to support local industries and bolster economic cooperation across the continent.

4.   Pakistan and the Philippines will sign another agreement to bolster cooperation in fighting international terrorism and trafficking in drugs and guns, officials said Thursday.

5.   Pasqua arrived Friday on a three-day visit to bolster cooperation between the two countries in the field of security.

6.   Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met with a visiting Iranian official Friday and pledged to bolster bilateral cooperation.

7.   But he added that much can still be done to bolster cooperation in tourism, trade and transportation.

8.   Bulgaria took another hoped-for step Thursday toward NATO membership in the future by bolstering its cooperation with the alliance.

9.   Chiang said Taiwan must upgrade its defensive weaponry to cope with the situation and hopes to bolster military cooperation with the United States, it added.

10.   China will provide Egypt weapons under an agreement signed Tuesday to bolster military cooperation.