1.   Excavations at Tell Hamoukar were started last summer by a joint expedition of the Oriental Institute and the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities.

2.   Sensing an opportunity after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Chochorowski contacted his Ukrainian colleague and suggested a joint expedition.

3.   Chinese Embassy officials say China and the Marshall Islands are undertaking a joint fishing expedition.

4.   Future cooperative projects may include design and launch of a solar probe, robotic explorations of the outer reaches of the solar system and a joint expedition to Mars.

5.   The Hong Kong Standard reported Wednesday that the committee is planning a joint expedition to the islands with the opposition New Party in Taiwan.

6.   Three U.S. soldiers for the first time participated in a joint expedition in India, the official said.

7.   Wang said China and the Marshall Islands are undertaking a joint fishing expedition.

8.   Filipino scientists undertook a joint expedition to the area with their Vietnamese counterparts earlier this year.