41.   Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga will visit South Korea later this month on a four-day visit to boost economic cooperation, the government said Thursday.

42.   State-run oil companies in Taiwan and China have established systematic contacts to boost cooperation despite political tensions between the two governments, the Taiwanese company said Wednesday.

43.   The agreement will liberalize trade relations, provide for more financial aid and boost political cooperation.

44.   Thailand will host a first Asian Foreign Ministers Meeting this year to boost economic cooperation, Thaksin said.

45.   Syria and Morocco set up a joint commission to boost economic cooperation during a visit to Rabat by Syrian President Bashar Assad in April.

46.   The agency said the drill was aimed at boosting military cooperation but did not disclose the type of maneuvers or the number of troops taking part in the exercises.

47.   The aim was to boost cooperation in the region.

48.   The chief of staff of the Georgian army arrived in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Thursday for a three-day working visit focusing on boosting defense cooperation.

49.   The European ministers also vowed to boost cooperation in matters of cross-border pollution from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean.

50.   The interior ministers hope to boost cooperation with international police agencies like Interpol and form a common policy to discourage Western countries from harboring Muslim militants.