81.   Yalahow is a member of the Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council, a loose alliance of warlords opposed to the TNG and which is backed by neighbouring Ethiopia.

82.   On Monday VP Bank announced it was joining a loose alliance with four other small private banks to cooperate on loan guarantees and information sharing.

83.   The federation is one of the two halves of post-war Bosnia -- a loose alliance of Moslems and Croats.

84.   The legislature is dominated by a loose alliance between the Russian Communist Party and the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party.

85.   The League, JP and fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami had formed a loose alliance to force Zia from power in March.