51.   The two European companies are also forming an alliance, to be known as Phoenix, with US telecommunications group Sprint.

52.   US President Bill Clinton and President Carlos Zedillo Tuesday signed an agreement to form an alliance between the two countries to fight drug trafficking.

53.   Kohl blasted Social Democrat Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for allowing his party to form an alliance with former communists to rule the city-state of Berlin.

54.   The alliance was formed at the end of a conference on peace in the Middle East which was organised by the Danish foreign ministry.

55.   The anti-Taliban alliance was formed last October following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, who control around two-thirds of Afghanistan.

56.   The alliance was formed after British troops pulled out of the region three decades ago but has since evolved into a broader security arrangement.

57.   The alliance was formed after hung elections last year.

58.   The Labour party municipal government has continued to govern Oslo since municipal elections last September, while the Conservative party tried to decide with whom to form an alliance.