1.   Thus the recent U.S. effort to boost military cooperation with Japan sent China into a sulk.

2.   Paris and Madrid have boosted cooperation in rounding up suspects during a recent ETA bombing wave against tourist areas in Spain.

3.   A government-run newspaper there said it hoped the visit would boost cooperation between the two countries.

4.   A trade delegation under Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan was in Vietnam last month to boost cooperation mainly in agricultural fields.

5.   According to the CTK report, both leaders also agreed on a need to boost economic cooperation including such vast markets as Latin America.

6.   Al-Ittihad said the Saudi firm, Awazil, has also pledged to boost trade cooperation with Iraq.

7.   Akkhapol disclosed that a coordinating committee was established to boost cooperation between criminal investigators and forensic officials.

8.   Ashcroft said the United States and Switzerland planned to boost their cooperation by sharing more information on terror suspects and working more closely in investigations.

9.   Australia and Indonesia in December signed a security agreement, in which both sides hope to ease mutual suspicion and boost military cooperation between the two countries.

10.   Basque nationalists have stepped up attacks in recent months after Paris boosted cooperation with Madrid in tracking down militants who staged bombings in Spain.