1.   In both surveys, the great majority of people said that they favoured the plan.

2.   With much of northern China fast running out of water, the government is favouring a plan championed by Chairman Mao half a century ago.

3.   Earlier this month the FIFA supremo told Stern magazine the Board itself favoured the plan in order to boost the number of goals per game.

4.   US officials favour the plans and the issue has become one of the main stumbling blocks in the talks so far.

5.   Yegorov said he favoured a plan to keep fighting the separatists while holding local parliamentary elections to strengthen the Russian-installed government.

6.   Spanish Foreign Minister Javier Solana told journalists he favoured the plan, which was discussed during a ministerial working lunch.