11.   Cook was due first in Malaysia, followed by visits to Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore.

12.   He said that visit immediately followed the Super Bowl in Miami.

13.   Her first visit there follows setbacks to relations after an Uzbekistan opposition leader, Muhammed Salih, found sanctuary in Turkey last year.

14.   Her visit followed ethnic violence last week in which six people died and four were wounded.

15.   His current visit follows the imposition of sweeping measures to clamp down on shady financial transactions in the Emirates, a Mideast economic hub known for freewheeling business practices.

16.   His latest visit closely follows another he made to Indonesia.

17.   His current visit follows a major dispute involving American inspectors with U.N. weapons teams.

18.   His visit follows a friendly meeting between Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat last week in Beijing.

19.   His two-day visit follows a stop here by U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen.

20.   His visit follows by a month a similar tour by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat urging Europeans to put pressure on Israel to fulfill the Middle East peace accords.