11.   By law, political parties could be banned only by a court decision, which had not been received.

12.   They want the party banned.

13.   A rave party has been banned because of fears that the loud music and lights would harm a herd of pigs in the next field.

14.   Banning political parties is almost routine in Turkey.

15.   But the president has said he wants to ban parties based on ethnicity or religion, and it is unclear how that conflict will be resolved.

16.   Commentators and politicians are virtually unanimous in predicting that the party will be banned.

17.   Dissenting political parties have been banned.

18.   El-Bashir set up an Islamic state and banned political parties.

19.   He banned all parties, except for his Popular Revolutionary Movement.

20.   In an effort to defend themselves, Erbakan and other party leaders are asking Western embassies for information about whether political parties can be banned in their countries.