41.   Yeltsin, however, backed the decision in a telephone conversation with pro-Moscow leader Doku Zavgayev, said Prime Minister Nikolai Koshman.

42.   For that reason we backed his decision without discussing the economic aspects.

43.   He firmly backed the decision to pour Russian troops into the secessionist republic last December to put down a three-year-old independence movement.

44.   He told a press conference here that Seoul felt it would not be wise to back any decision by the international community to help North Korea without guarantees.

45.   As Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou continued fighting for his life Tuesday, his wife Dimitra said she would back any decisions he took about his future.

46.   Drivers representatives Michael Schumacher of Germany and Gerhard Berger of Austria took part in the meeting, which agreed unanimously to back the decision announced by governing body FIA.

47.   The remark drew the wrath of Germany Monday, with Chancellor Helmut Kohl backing a decision by Defence Minister Volker Ruehe to cancel a planned visit by Grachev.

48.   The ruling backed the decision of a London municipal council earlier this year to refuse assistance to the pair, Spaniard and an Italian.

49.   Tietmeyer backed the decision of the Bank of England to let the British merchant bank Barings go bust.

50.   Judge Aurelio Fiengo of Panama backed the decision.