11.   But the draft tacitly backs the initiatives signed there.

12.   Chirac also urged India to back its initiative to push forward a global ban on anti-personnel mines, PTI reported.

13.   Environmentalists and consumer activists who backed the initiative said too little is known about the consequences of letting genetically modified organisms into the food chain.

14.   Environmentalists and consumer activists who backed the initiative say too little is known about the consequences of letting genetically modified organisms into the food chain.

15.   Government officials said Germany does not expect its partners in the Group of Seven leading industrial nations to back the initiative to cut funding.

16.   He said Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder backs the initiative, which would require a new design competition.

17.   He travels to Colorado today to back an initiative requiring background checks for gun shows.

18.   It tacitly backed initiatives signed at a meeting in Manila last week that governments were ready to supplement IMF bailouts with more money.

19.   Members of the new coalition said they back the initiative because they believe Californians should make their own decisions about what marriages are legally recognized.

20.   Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared Tuesday to back the initiative to let Yugoslav troops patrol the Macedonian border.