51.   But Scharping said he would not change the guarantee because both the government and opposition parties backed the project and would eventually approve all its financing.

52.   Executives of several leading IT firms led by Microsoft Corp. chief Bill Gates have backed the project.

53.   The project is being backed by the French branch of CARE, with funding from the European Commission.

54.   The project was enthusiastically backed by the then Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.T. Rama Rao.

55.   The project is backed by UNESCO, the governments of Chile and Spain and by the Spanish royal family.

56.   The project was backed by European Commission President Romano Prodi, an Austrian source said.

57.   The White House announced last week that the United States would propose starting talks on a treaty outlawing anti-personnel mines, a project backed by several European countries.

58.   Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov has enthusiastically backed the project.

59.   Opponents of the scheme have criticised the choice of venue, saying that by singing in Martyrs Square Feyrouz is backing the project.

60.   Such defense projects are strongly backed by the Republican Party in the United States.