31.   McMullan moved to counter claims Australia had backed away from supporting non-discrimination.

32.   Other ads countered anti-divorce claims that divorce would promote poverty and family abandonment.

33.   Premier Costas Simitis launched a tour of European Union capitals Wednesday in a bid to counter Turkish claims to Greek rocky islets in the Aegean sea.

34.   The publication of the proposal seemed aimed at countering claims by the opposition Likud Party that Prime Minister Shimon Peres plans to give the Palestinians control over east Jerusalem.

35.   The royal family, eager to ensure its survival and counter claims that it is rigid and remote, is reportedly thinking about a variety of changes.

36.   The U.S. finding countered Iraqi claims that it was never able to make enough VX, or stabilize it properly, to load into missiles.

37.   Yilmaz counters the claim, saying the investigations were necessary to start a broad effort to cleanse government.

38.   Haider meanwhile has found a Jewish left-leaning candidate, Peter Sichrovsky, to counter claims that he is a racist.

39.   He also countered the claim that Clinton had not adequately consulted allies on US airstrikes on Iraq.