11.   The Supreme Court delayed until Thursday a ruling in which is expected to back government rates announced in February.

12.   The United States and South Africa financed the rebels, known as UNITA, and the Soviet Union and Cuba backed the government until the Cold War ended.

13.   Young Americans were perishing in the killing fields at the time, and public opinion backed the government.

14.   Premier-designate Mesut Yilmaz would have a majority in the Parliament if all defectors, who are listed as independents, back his government.

15.   Rebels are fighting a Nigerian-led coalition that is backing the government for control of Freetown.

16.   Rebels are fighting a Nigerian-led coalition that is backing the government for control of the capital Freetown.

17.   A cease-fire has largely held for more than a year, but foreign armies backing the government or supporting rebels trying to oust it have yet to withdraw.

18.   Abdullah, whose own government was once backed by Pakistan, said that the Taliban was the creation of the Pakistani military intelligence service, ISI.

19.   Although not officially at war in Laos, the United States backed the government then in Vientiane in its fight with Vietnamese-backed Pathet Lao Communists.

20.   American actor Richard Dreyfuss jumped into the middle of the Israeli election with an open letter backing the government of Prime Minister Shimon Peres.