71.   It also has said Washington backs efforts in Uganda, Eritrea and Ethiopia to destabilize the Khartoum government.

72.   Last December, the U.N. General Assembly strongly backed efforts to develop an international mechanism to trace the origin of all rough diamonds on the world market.

73.   Labor and industry groups have backed an effort by California Gov. Gray Davis to enact wage-based tax credits to keep production in the state.

74.   NATO is backing efforts to monitor levels of radiation, but acknowledges it has no clear idea of how to prevent leaks.

75.   Now, Compaq Computer, Gateway, Intel and Microsoft are backing those efforts with the FCC.

76.   Notably, Russia and France are both seeking a diplomatic solution and backing the efforts of Secretary General Kofi Annan.

77.   On some occasions he backed efforts to produce cheaper generic versions of drugs.

78.   Opposition parties were banned and opponents were muzzled, accused of backing Yankee efforts to topple the government.

79.   Previously, the department had backed government efforts to throw out the law passed by the pre-handover Legislative Council to lengthen the public housing rent review period.

80.   Senegalese President Abdou Diouf later backed the effort.