21.   Chinese leaders have warned Japan that failure to curb the rightists would harm relations.

22.   Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, visiting Australia in March, warned that any meetings between Australian officials and the Dalai Lama would harm relations with Beijing.

23.   Confrontations over traditional Protestant marches triggered widespread riots last summer and harmed police relations with the community, particularly the Catholic minority.

24.   Cui stopped short, however, of saying that the visit would harm relations between Beijing and Washington.

25.   Deputy Home Minister Megat Junid Megat Ayub asked the Malaysian organizers to cancel the conference as it would harm relations between Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.

26.   Differences that may arise over Iraq will not harm relations between the United States and Russia, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen said Thursday.

27.   Dismantling the Taiwan provincial government is an internal matter and should not harm relations with China, a leading Nationalist Party politician said Sunday.

28.   Greek authorities said Monday that they had detained seven armed men who may have been planning an attack on Albanian territory aimed at harming relations between the two countries.

29.   Germany has warned that seizure of its properties would harm relations between the two countries.

30.   Greek authorities said Monday that they had arrested seven armed men who may have been planning an attack on Albanian territory aimed at harming relations between the two countries.