11.   The DAB is supported by China-aligned banks, trade unions and companies in Hong Kong that help canvass support.

12.   German Defence Minister Volker Ruehe canvassed world support Wednesday for nominating Russian presidential human rights commissioner Sergei Kovalyov for the Nobel Peace prize.

13.   The source said the SADC would try to canvass the support of East African nations, a region said to be not yet interested in fielding a single candidate.

14.   Sacirbey was in the United States for consultations with the administration and to canvass support for the Bosnian government cause.