51.   NATO committed itself two years ago to expand its ranks by opening up to at least some former Soviet bloc nations.

52.   NATO committed itself two years ago to expanding its ranks by opening up to at least some former Soviet bloc nations.

53.   Polish President Lech Walesa said during a state visit to Denmark on Friday that former Eastern bloc nations should combine their efforts to win full membership in NATO.

54.   Polish commandos, Czech armored units and troops from eight other former East bloc nations will march to Bosnia alongside their new NATO allies.

55.   Polish President Lech Walesa on Friday suggested former Eastern European bloc nations should combine their efforts to win full membership in NATO.

56.   Russia boycotted that session too, joined by eight East bloc nations that included Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary.

57.   Relations between the two former East bloc nations have been strained in recent years over the treatment and status of the large ethnic-Hungarian minority in Romania.

58.   Russians negotiators have hinted they might accept an enlargement if foreign troops and nuclear arms were not stationed in former East bloc nations.

59.   Russia and other former Soviet bloc nations need trade instead of additional aid programs as they strive to integrate with Western Europe, Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said Tuesday.

60.   Six former East bloc nations have already signed such accords.