31.   Sources close to the Palestinian authority said Arafat was backing the group in hopes of persuading Hamas to join the Palestinian-self rule authority.

32.   Sources close to the Palestinian authority said Arafat was backing the group in hopes of persuading Hamas to join the Palestinian self-rule authority.

33.   Student clashes in Bangladesh are frequent since political parties back the groups to fight their own battles.

34.   Student clashes are frequent since political parties back the groups to fight their own battles.

35.   The group is backed by Iran and operates from Syrian-controlled territory in Lebanon.

36.   The groups are among Sunni Muslims that accuse Iran, a predominantly Shiite Muslim country, of backing Shiite groups in Pakistan.

37.   The Kremlin, however, backs a group called the Chechen State Council that was formed in Moscow last fall.

38.   The paramilitary groups were backed by powerful drug traffickers, who were upset that guerrillas had purportedly abducted several traffickers for large ransoms.

39.   The protestors also shouted slogans accusing the U.S. government of backing rebel groups in Islamic countries.

40.   Uganda and Rwanda back different groups.