51.   China signed a similar accord to protect the works of composers with Germany earlier this month.

52.   The state-run Iranian news agency IRNA also signed a similar accord with AFP in October.

53.   The UAE, one of the biggest arms importers, is tied in a defence pact with France and has a similar accord with the United States.

54.   They have also signed a draft agreement with Boeing to supply engines for its super-jumbos, and expect to conclude a similar accord with Airbus Industrie.

55.   Under a similar accord, SK Telecom and Japanese Mobile leader NTT DoCoMo Inc. have already offered the roaming service since November last year.

56.   Vietnam and the UNHCR have signed similar accords with Indonesia and Hong Kong.

57.   It is one in a series of similar accords made by the FSC.

58.   It had hoped to seal a similar accord with China, the only other permanent member of the Security Council.

59.   KOC, the crude oil production arm of the state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, has a similar accord with Chevron of the United States.

60.   Manila hopes to forge a similar accord with the MILF to establish development projects in the once war-torn southern Philippines.