61.   The administration is imploring moderate parties in Nicaragua to support a single candidate as a means of heading off an Ortega victory.

62.   The Basque government is led by a moderate Basque nationalist party, which advocates further autonomy and eventual independence for the Basque region, but says it opposes ETA.

63.   The big winner in the election was a moderate Basque nationalist party opposed to ETA violence.

64.   The demand by ETA, which stands for Basque Freedom and Homeland in the Basque language, has gained the support of moderate political parties from the Basque region.

65.   The moderate Islamic party called Hamas stood to gain from the result.

66.   The moderate Islamic party, best known as Hamas, is seen as a conduit for sympathizers of the Islamic Salvation Front.

67.   The hardline nationalist Conservative Alliance took six seats and a bloc of moderate parties and independents garnered six.

68.   The move was announced by the conservative Moderate party, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democrats.

69.   The no-confidence vote was initiated by the Liberal Party and supported by the conservative Moderate party, and the Christian Democrats.

70.   The Irish Forum includes Herri Batasuna, the political coalition linked to ETA, as well as moderate Basque nationalist parties, labor unions and civic groups.