71.   But Aasbrink shed no light on whether the country would join.

72.   But he declined to speculate when countries such as Poland and the Czech Republic will join NATO.

73.   Bulgaria insisted that the three Balkan countries join efforts to build a second bridge over the Danube river, which forms the border between Bulgaria and Romania.

74.   But China would not stick by the CTBT indefinitely if India and Pakistan continued tit-for-tat testing and other countries joined them, he said.

75.   But Chernomyrdin said NATO was still a Cold War organization and that he saw no security need for any East European country to join.

76.   Canadians, however, are divided about whether the country should join the U.S. system.

77.   Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus on Monday rejected a Russian threat that trade will suffer if his country joins NATO.

78.   Czech President Vaclav Havel told Lithuanians on Friday not to be discouraged if other east European countries joined the European Union first.

79.   Earlier this month the candidate countries joined the EU in condemning the Serb-led intervention in Kosovo and backed further sanctions against Belgrade.

80.   Earlier this month, the candidate countries joined the EU in condemning the Serb-led intervention in Kosovo and backed further sanctions against Belgrade.