21.   The annual review process, now required by law, forces Washington into difficult choices between papering over problems or offending otherwise friendly countries.

22.   The border is unfenced, as befits two friendly countries, and much of it is conveniently equipped for smugglers with roads on either side.

23.   The Bosnian government wanted the United States to urge friendly third countries to ship weapons to the beleaguered Bosnian army.

24.   The friendly Arab countries that the Bush administration had tried to please by the Powell visit were not happy either.

25.   The killing of tourists, especially those from a country friendly to Egypt, has elicited widespread disgust among vast segments of the Egyptian population.

26.   The reluctance of the administration to take the initiative with the Israelis and the Palestinians has become a source of deep frustration with friendly Arab countries.

27.   When Cohen visited Saudi Arabia and five other friendly Persian Gulf countries earlier this month to explain the policy, he won no public support.

28.   Abdullah said Britain and other friendly countries should work on continuing diplomatic dialogue with Iraq and not carry out any military strike, according to the diplomats.

29.   A troupe of Chinese acrobats has upset a diplomatic balancing act by performing without permission in Grenada, a Caribbean country friendly to Taiwan.

30.   Among countries friendly to the United States, the report said religious discrimination exists in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel.