51.   The environmental group Greenpeace backed the protesters.

52.   The government holds the west and southwest, while rival rebel groups backed separately by Uganda and Rwanda control the rest.

53.   The group backed Estrada and many incumbent congressmen in elections in May last year.

54.   The San Francisco resolution is also backed by groups in Tel Aviv, Israel and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

55.   The two groups backed a provision which would only allow the FCC to license a limited number of stations so that an independent entity could study potential interference.

56.   Though Posada Carriles originally told journalists the group backed Cruz Leon, he later said he had lied about the involvement of the foundation.

57.   Worried about a spreading patchwork of state rules, some industry groups have recently backed federally required offshore discharge for all U.S. ports.

58.   Berlusconi threatened last week that his parliamentary group would not back the budget unless elections were announced by June.

59.   Cuban exile groups have backed the agreement and are pressing Clinton to continue to keep Cuba a top priority in his administration.

60.   The signs were mostly provided by the Islamic Coalition Organisation, a powerful conservative political group backed the ruling Shiite Moslem clergy.