71.   Government supporters hurled eggs at opposition leaders but police moved in quickly to restore order and separate the two groups.

72.   Government supporters say the reforms also will help put state finances in order after years of public funds being squandered.

73.   Government supporters say their opponents are bent on toppling Chavez.

74.   Government supporters and opponents clashed in December when a pro-Chavez mob stormed an opposition demonstration.

75.   Government supporters, meanwhile, retaliated by burning down the homes and offices of opposition leaders across the country.

76.   He accuses opposition leaders of deliberately provoking a clash between the marchers and government supporters holding a rally at the presidential palace.

77.   He said he gave the order to prevent the marchers from clashing with thousands of government supporters rallying in front of the presidential palace.

78.   He said the formation of a Zapatista town council in the nearby village of Polho threatened local government supporters.

79.   However, government supporters in the area claimed their colleagues were arrested for the masscre without sufficient evidence.

80.   In Israel, the shock of the assassination has shattered, at least temporarily, a longstanding tie between government supporters and opponents.