1.   Backing the group will be four dancers and a five-piece band.

2.   A new name, however, must come with the resolve to back these groups with the funds to fulfill such a mandate.

3.   Federal officials condemned the attack on the bishops and said the government was not backing paramilitary groups in Chiapas.

4.   In Manila, the foundation is backing a group called Court Watch, which monitors judges.

5.   In the past, U.S. administrations have been wary of backing Shiite groups, because of their links to Iran.

6.   Iran continues to top the list of countries accused of state-sponsored terrorism, backing groups that try to prevent Middle East peace.

7.   Many of the weapons were originally supplied by the United States when it was backing Muslim resistance groups who battled the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

8.   Pennsylvania is moving statewide to back community groups as providers of services and even stopgap petty cash that the post-welfare working poor have needed.

9.   Rwanda and Uganda have backed rebel groups who control roughly the eastern half of the Congo, while the Kinshasa government has been supported by Angola and Zimbabwe.

10.   The new group is partially backed by Texans for Lawsuit Reform, a major civil justice reform group.