41.  The other confirmed bidders included combined efforts by Austria and Switzerland, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia, Greece and Turkey, as well as Ireland and Scotland.

42.  The reshuffle followed a special luncheon Tuesday at which Kim told business leaders that combined efforts should be made to overcome economic difficulties.

43.  Mozambican Foreign Minister Leonardo Simao called for a combined regional effort to combat malaria as he opened a conference on the killer illness in Maputo Monday.