11.   As in the war in Bosnia, Muslim countries are backing the mostly Muslim Chechen republic.

12.   As the meeting opened here, French President Jacques Chirac said in London his country would back the proposal and called on others to do the same.

13.   At a meeting with his Baltic counterparts Wednesday, German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel said his country strongly backs Baltic bids for membership in NATO and the European Union.

14.   As in the war in Bosnia, Muslim countries backed the mostly Muslim republic.

15.   Both countries back Congolese rebels who control the north and east of the country.

16.   But many Arab countries have backed to the Palestinian stance.

17.   Danish Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen said his country would be backing its own candidate.

18.   European Union leaders hinted Tuesday that they could impose sanctions on India and Pakistan unless the two countries back away from their nuclear rivalry.

19.   Fawzi did not specify which countries backed Boutros-Ghali, who is in Bonn to inaugurate U.N. offices in Germany.

20.   Fawzi did not say which countries backed Boutros-Ghali.