51.  An alliance summit in Madrid, Spain, is expected to select in July east and central European states most fit to join it.

52.  Anti-treaty campaigners in Ireland warned voters that their country risked being bossed around by larger European states under the treaty.

53.  Arafat has indicated he would postpone the declaration if some European states would recognize statehood once he makes the declaration.

54.  As well as European states, Israel and Turkey also take part.

55.  As with many countries, Jordan imposed such a ban on food from the three European states in June as a precaution against dioxin contamination.

56.  Britain opposes a single European currency because it will exacerbate the difference between haves and have-nots among European states, its foreign minister said in a speech published Wednesday.

57.  Britain, Germany and several other European states backed the U.S. strike against a pharmaceutical factory in north Khartoum.

58.  Britain and several other European states have backed the U.S. strike against a pharmaceutical factory in north Khartoum.

59.  But European states have advocated dialogue with Cuba rather than the U.S. stand of isolating the communist country.

60.  But Russia, China and most west European states have not followed suit, which means the same countries would likely block any punitive action in the United Nations.