1.   Are these reports accurate, and if so why would this country back such a person?

2.   France and Russia were also allies in the Balkans in World War I, when both countries backed Serbia because Germany and Austria attacked it from Croatia.

3.   He predicted the storm will pass, even though European countries are backing Germany in the dispute.

4.   Problem is, domestic political concerns mean neither country can back down, making compromise difficult.

5.   The Muslim countries backed the Muslims, Roman Catholic parts of Europe backed Roman Catholic Croatia, and Orthodox Greece and Russia backed the Orthodox Serbs.

6.   The Nordic countries are backing Elisabeth Rehn, a former Finnish defense minister who narrowly lost a presidential race in Finland last year.

7.   Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said Friday that his country will back U.S. military action against Iraq.

8.   Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said Friday that his country will back U.S. military action.

9.   Palestinian sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said several committee members were disappointed that Arab countries were not backing the Palestinians more strongly.

10.   As in the war in Bosnia, Muslim countries backed Chechnya.