11.   The six-nation political and economic alliance groups Bahrain and Qatar with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

12.   The political and economic alliance groups Kuwait with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman.

13.   The present ruling alliance groups the Center Party, conservatives and the small Swedish party, representing the Swedish-speaking minority in the country.

14.   Last week, Infineon unveiled an alliance with US groups Agere and Motorola to develop and sell mobile phone components.

15.   Set to replace it is an alliance grouping the Coalition Party of former prime minister Tiit Vahi and the Rural Union of former communist apparatchik Arnold Ruutel.

16.   The alliance also groups the New Aspiration Party, Palang Dharma Party, Muan Chon and the Social Action Party.

17.   The FUNCINPEC alliance groups the royalist party with the other wing of the BLDP and the unrecognized opposition Khmer Nation Party.