91.   These four countries also hope to enter dialogue with the three main roleplayers in the Great Lakes conflict -- Zaire, Burundi and Rwanda.

92.   Valentin Mihov, president of the BFU, makes no secret of how his country hopes to use the World Cup to bolster its sagging economy.

93.   Visiting Thai foreign Minister Prasong Soonsiri said on Wednesday his country hoped to open a rice and sea-food market in Zimbabwe.

94.   West African countries hope to transform the old slave road through which millions of blacks were sold into bondage into a new route for tourists.

95.   Western countries are hoping tariff reductions will include the automobile, electronics and alcohol sectors.

96.   Jagland noted the close cooperation that has characterized relations between Annan and Norway, and said the Scandinavian country hopes the cooperation will continue in the future.

97.   Keating and Murdiono said the two leaders had an exchange of views on the lead up to Osaka and what steps the two countries hoped to see taken.

98.   Kuchma has said his country hopes to increase trade ties with cash-rich Taiwan.

99.   Nine countries are hoping to be invited to join NATO at a summit in Prague in November.

100.   Nine eastern and southern European countries are hoping for invitations to join the military alliance.