41.  Leaders from Latin American and Caribbean countries vowed Tuesday to boost regional efforts to stem corruption, terrorism and the illegal drug trade.

42.  Monetary authorities of Singapore and the Philippines signed a bilateral repurchase agreement Monday as part of a regional effort to maintain stability in the foreign-exchange market.

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.

44.  Rabbani said regional efforts were essential to save the young generation from the menace of narcotics.

45.  That money would used to support regional peacekeeping efforts in central and eastern Europe, notably through the Baltic Peacekeeping Battalion formed earlier this year.