1.   It made government supporters more optimistic about the economy and opposition supporters more pessimistic.

2.   The non-party element is emphasized by the fact that not all the chairmen are government supporters.

3.   The government supporters are beating up anyone they suspect of favouring the demonstrators.

4.   For a while the television channel went off the air as protesters swarmed into the building, before troops and government supporters pushed them out.

5.   The posts thus freed were then available as inducements to other potential government supporters.

6.   There was, however, some speculation by FPI members that the march had been infiltrated by government supporters.

7.   And in Chiapas, the wrath of government supporters is directed at thousands of young foreigners who report back to non-government organizations about political events.

8.   Anti-foreign sentiment is still simmering among government supporters.

9.   At one drilling site on Thursday, two oil workers were killed when fighting broke out between government supporters and opposition party members.

10.   A crowd of government supporters whip and beat up leading opposition figures and journalists.