81.   In the last parliament for example, Islamist MPs several times backed the government.

82.   In the last parliament, for example, Islamist MPs several times backed the government.

83.   Although the government was backed by helicopter gunships and mortars, officials said the two sides were firing only metres apart.

84.   Berlusconi himself called for the vote of confidence in a bid to force Northern League leader Umberto Bossi to fall into line and back the government.

85.   Berlusconi, in a speech to parliament on Wednesday, challenged deputies to back his government or face a call for a snap election.

86.   But the governmental parties can also rely on the support of two representatives of Italian and Hungarian minorities who traditionally back the government.

87.   The Refounded Communist Party returned to back the government in the vote.

88.   The opposition Labour Party, which has generally backed the government on Northern Ireland, ordered its MPs to abstain from the voting Tuesday night.

89.   The rebels say France backs the government of Rwanda.

90.   Traditionally the Serbian Orthodox church has backed the government, but recently it swung behind the opposition.