1.   Beijing has invested billions of dollars in Tibet, turning its spartan, yet once distinctive, cities into clones of their giant Chinese neighbours.

2.   He also praised military cooperation between the two giant neighbours.

3.   In an interview with the Xinhua news agency before his departure from Moscow, Rodionov had praised military cooperation between the two giant neighbours.

4.   Amaral also stressed the need for good relations with giant neighbours Indonesia and Australia.

5.   And for many Estonian nationalists, they still have to share their country with their giant neighbour.

6.   But it added that it was prepared to help its giant neighbour to resolve what it called its domestic problems.

7.   Chinese President Jiang Zemin is to visit Hanoi next week amid mounting controversy in Vietnam about relations with its giant neighbour and ideological soulmate.

8.   The Sanaa government hopes the agreement will serve as a model for solving its land quarrel with its giant neighbour Saudi Arabia.

9.   US Defence Secretary William Perry on Thursday returned from a tour of several Gulf states after urging governments to improve their defence capability against giant neighbours Iran and Iraq.

10.   Zimbabwe and its economic giant neighbour, South Africa, have signed a long-awaited agreement on textile and clothing, reports said Friday.