21.  It marked the first time opposition groups including extremist forces had forged a common front in an approach to ending Algerian political violence.

22.  Leaders of both groups agreed for the first time last week to take a common front against the law.

23.  NATO hopes getting Moscow into a common front will increase diplomatic pressure on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to drop his resistance to an international military presence in Kosovo.

24.  Muslim countries seek common front over Jerusalem.

25.  Muslim ministers seek common front over Jerusalem.

26.  Opposition leaders have still been unable to forge a common front against Milosevic.

27.  Such a forum for Northeast Asia could give the region a bigger say by giving members a common front in global trade negotiations, MITI said.

28.  The all-night conference marked the first time moderate opposition and extremist forces forged a common front.

29.  The Socialists, Communists and Greens have agreed in recent weeks to unite in a common front for the parliamentary elections.

30.  Iraq said Tuesday it was ready to establish normal relations with its neighbor Iran and invited it to form a common front against their enemy the United States.