41.   But increasing signs from Washington that it wishes to extend that campaign beyond Afghanistan have been met with worry, if not flat out rejection from alliance partners.

42.   Jeandrain said the Swiss airline would decide on an alliance partner at the end of March.

43.   The alliance members said the new joint venture might also become a mechanism for future joint acquisition of ships by the alliance partners.

44.   The NATO programme anticipates joint military manoeuvres and cooperation between alliance partners and signatories from former Warsaw Pact countries.