21.   A report that an opposition party backs a ruling party plan for dealing with troubled banks also buoyed the market, they said.

22.   A key ethnic Albanian political party backed Memeti and warned efforts to dismiss him could lead to the collapse of a broad-based government created in May.

23.   A major pro-Beijing political party backed out from upcoming legislative elections because its chairman said its members have no chance of winning, a newspaper reported Sunday.

24.   All parties now are backing new legislation to reform campaign fund-raising.

25.   All three parties back Barak on peace issues.

26.   Although the party has backed the action, one of its leaders, Claudia Roth, called for a suspension of the bombing to allow aid in to Afghanistan.

27.   Although the party has backed the action, one of its leaders, Claudia Roth, called for a suspension of the bombing to allow aid to reach Afghanistan.

28.   Ashdown said that his party will back only Labor in an either-or situation in parliament, but that he would continue to fight them in elections.

29.   Both parties back Islamic law and had previously held a total of four parliamentary seats.

30.   Both Catholic parties back the agreement, struck in April among eight parties and the British and Irish governments.