Aug. 25, 1985: Eleven political parties, backed by the Catholic Church, sign an accord calling for a transition to democracy.

She was reportedly angered by Yunus' 2007 attempt to form his own political party, backed by the country's powerful army.

Victorious Adjara, a party backed by President Saakashvili won 28 seats out of 30 in the local legislative body.

The party tacitly backed by General Musharraf won at least 76 seats of the 272 filled directly by election.

KMT is a nationalist party backed by big businesses, China and the US.

Last November, days after the party backed by the military authorities had won the first elections for two decades, Aung San Suu Kyi was released.

Some Arabs say the Kurdish parties, backed by their militias, are threatening Arab families who refuse to sell their property and leave Kirkuk.

Another political party backed by the group is the Democratic Jihad Party.

His reversal has encouraged political parties, backed by 167 of the 179 members of parliament, to cobble together a 'national compromise'.

His supporters in secular center and left parties won enough seats for a working parliamentary majority, but one dependent on parties backed by Israel's Arab voters.