31.   However, such an alliance would be badly needed, Mochtar said.

32.   If Palestinian-Israeli violence flares, it will be difficult for Arab and Muslim nations to join such an alliance.

33.   However, there are serious doubts about how crucial such an alliance would be.

34.   In such an alliance, Labor would have expected two of the four senior Cabinet posts -- prime ministry, defense, foreign affairs and finance.

35.   It would mark the first such alliance between the two radical groups.

36.   Kohl, who opposes such an alliance, sought to quash talk about it over the weekend.

37.   On Tuesday, National Mandate Secretary General Faisal Basri said such an alliance has no chance.

38.   Such an alliance would barely have enough deputies to form a majority, but Mrs. Ciller Tuesday succeeded in winning outside support from a small ultranationalist party.

39.   Such an alliance would be the first big-scale union in the European defense industry.

40.   Such an alliance would have the advantage of a two-thirds majority in the parliament, necessary for constitutional changes that might be needed for EU membership.