51.   Washington hopes APEC support will help the plan win approval from the World Trade Organization, the international body that oversees trade.

52.   Excessive wage demands are also expected to herald problems for Schroeder, who hopes to rely on labour movement support to help him win the general elections in September.

53.   Women, whose support helped Clinton win the White House, have dogged the former Arkansas governor throughout his political career.

54.   She said the foreign support had helped Bangladesh to become an independent state.