41.   For the past year, Iran has been seeking a loose alliance with Yemen against Saudi Arabia, the diplomats said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

42.   GUUAM is one of several loose alliances of former Soviet republics united within the Commonwealth of Independent States.

43.   He is backed by another wing of the party, a loose alliance with ties to party founder Ross Perot.

44.   In this climate of uncertainty, the generals have begun to claw their way back to the political forefront through a loose alliance of anti-reform groups.

45.   It built a loose alliance with another group called the Continuity IRA.

46.   Last fall, Prudnikov was named chief of military cooperation headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a loose alliance that replaced the former Soviet Union.

47.   Leaders of five former Soviet republics signed a charter Thursday to formalize their loose alliance, but withheld support for an agreement on a free trade zone.

48.   Leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States gathered today for a meeting to be dominated by discussions of collective security for the loose alliance that succeeded the Soviet Union.

49.   Many Montenegrins want independence, not a loose alliance with Serbia.

50.   Many pundits have said the most probable outcome is a Congress Party-led coalition supported by a loose alliance of Communists and socialists.