31.   Other leading industrial countries also backed up the dollar.

32.   Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has repeatedly said his country will back the United States in its expected retaliatory strike, but he has fallen short on specifics.

33.   Six years after the Gulf War, few if any Arab countries would back yet another attack on a fellow Arab country.

34.   Six years after the Gulf War, few if any Arab countries would back yet another attack on a fellow Arab nation.

35.   Some countries backed their applause with pledges for economic aid and renewed diplomatic ties.

36.   The country backed her father, and gave safe haven to many of his supporters after he was executed.

37.   The current plan to launch the operation from Uganda is unacceptable to Zaire, which says that country also is backing the rebels.

38.   The Foreign Ministry statement said it would use the support of the United States to get more countries to back its bid to become an observer.

39.   The three countries backed the U.S.-led coalition that drove Iraq from Kuwait, while others supported Iraq or objected to Western intervention.

40.   The two countries each back a rival faction of the main rebel group fighting to oust Kabila.