1.  The Central Council also called for a meeting of the so-called frontline states to co-ordinate a unified negotiating position.

2.  There were a number of indications of improving relations with the frontline states.

3.  His boss, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, leaves Sunday for Pakistan, India and China, all of them frontline states with Afghanistan.

4.  Dos Santos, however, insists he will sign the accord and was expected to leave for Lusaka Saturday for a possible summit of Frontline states.

5.  Dos Santos, however, insists he will sign the accord and is expected in Lusaka Saturday for apossible summit of Frontline states.

6.  The grouping replaces the so-called Frontline states, a smaller bloc that opposed white rule in the region.

7.  The grouping replaces the so-called Frontline states, a smaller bloc that formed to oppose white rule in the region.

8.  The statement warned Milosevic not to widen the war to frontline states such as Albania and Macedonia, promising that NATO would respond.

9.  Arch-enemies India and Pakistan are both frontline states in the US-led war against terrorism.

10.  The technical committee comprises Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti, the three frontline states neighbouring Somalia.