51.   But many Arab countries, including Egypt, have shown reluctance to join the coalition, fearing that Arab nations like Iraq may themselves become targets.

52.   But Vajpayee hoped to swing some parties to join the coalition and to persuade others to give tacit support and abstain in any no-confidence vote.

53.   Charles allegedly said Baptiste agreed to join the coalition without consulting the party, however Baptiste said the party had agree to join.

54.   Ciller and Yilmaz both refused to join a coalition with Welfare because of its anti-secular stance.

55.   Congress had lent support to the Front, without formally joining the coalition, because both want to keep out their common foe, the BJP.

56.   Democratic Party leader Chuan Leekpai said he gained a majority in Parliament when the small right-wing Thai Citizens Party joined his coalition.

57.   Eitan, a Likud moderate, said he had no objection to his party joining a coalition with Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak.

58.   Erbakan hopes to convince one of the center-right parties to join a coalition.

59.   Ecevit is also expected to invite the center-right Motherland Party to join a coalition.

60.   Ecevit, who has shed much of his leftist past, is also expected to invite the center-right Motherland Party to join a coalition.