• The Syrian government maintains that there is no uprising in Syria but a conspiracy against the country because of its support for anti-Israeli groups.

    NPR: Syrian TV Airs Purported Images Of Israel Strike

  • Syrian Expatriates Minister Buthaynah Shaaban said Syria was facing US sanctions because of its support for Arab rights and resistance, and its opposition to occupation and settlement.

    BBC: NEWS | Middle East | Syria calls for dialogue with US

  • The Al Saud family has been fighting to protect the flow of oil and dollars ever since--against conservative religious elements that have little sympathy for the U.S., partly because of its support of Israel.

    FORBES: The Prize

  • Many political observers believe the race will be tight, with the National Front potentially edging out Anwar's alliance partly because of its entrenched support in predominantly rural districts.

    NPR: Voting Begins In Tight Malaysian National Election

  • But the PPP also has a formidable organization it is one of the few parties that has national reach and enjoys reservoirs of support because of its historic link with the Bhutto dynasty, particularly in the southern province of Sindh.

    WSJ: Pakistan Edges Toward First Democratic Power Transfer

  • The MDC has lost quite a lot of support because of its patchy performance in the unity government.

    ECONOMIST: Zimbabwe's future

  • They supported Hamas because they support its goal of destroying Israel.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: One civilization clashing

  • But US Treasury Under-Secretary John Taylor said the US could not support the IFF because of its "legislative process".

    BBC: NEWS | Business | G7 backs Africa debt relief plan

  • This year 2012 marks a very special edition for the Festival "Timbalaye" to be held from 18 to 21 August, because of the recent proclamation of the rumba as national heritage of Cuba and to support its nomination for the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • It cannot support the legislation "because of its concern for the uncertain and unforeseen consequences for wider society and the common good when marriage is redefined in gender-neutral terms, " it said.

    CNN: UK lawmakers to vote on same-sex marriage bill

  • Judging Say on Pay as a waste of time, in only its second year, because shareholders have approved the vast majority of pay packages with overwhelming support, is also nonsense.

    FORBES: The Failure of U.S. Capitalism Is the Shareholders' Fault?

  • Qualcomm has an opportunity to lead in the LTE space because it already builds a chipset that has worldwide capabilities (Gobi), and because it has announced that all of its LTE chipsets will support both types of LTE (Frequency Division Duplex and Time Division Duplex) that will be deployed.

    FORBES: Winners In The New 4G Wireless Economy

  • Those of us on the left who support the act because it is better than doing nothing loudly lament not only its omission of a public option, but more importantly the fact that it is not a single-payer, publicly financed, privately delivered, health-care plan.

    ECONOMIST: Letters

  • In theory, if a country cannot cut interest rates, because of monetary union, it should use fiscal policy to support its economy.

    ECONOMIST: The ECB's monetary policy is much too tight for Germany

  • Before OWS Zuccotti Park was removed by authorities, the local residents who had given the movement its political support was threatening to withdraw it because of the sound of drums.

    FORBES: Mediating the Sound of Drums for Occupy Wall Street

  • One of its member parties, the leftist Fatherland for All, this week announced it would no longer support Mr Chavez, because of his sniping at its candidates for state governorships.

    ECONOMIST: Venezuela

  • The US was able to win the Cold War through its policy of containment because throughout the long conflict there was strong majority support in the US for continuing to pursue the war effort.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The war America fights

  • The CSL, a collection of 15 squads in cities from Shenyang to Shenzhen, went the entire 2005 season without a title sponsor, thanks to dead-end deals with Philip Morris, PepsiCo and Siemens, which rescinded its support after the first season of a multiyear deal because of on-field corruption.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • In the past few years, his support for Serbia in Bosnia and his refusal to recognise Macedonia because of its name squandered Greece's chance to help make the Balkans safer.

    ECONOMIST: From the archive

  • In a sign of the gun lobby's influence, a nine-day sports and outdoor show scheduled to take place in Pennsylvania next month was postponed Thursday because the NRA withdrew its support over the decision by organizers to ban the display of "modern sporting rifles" -- the kind of semi-automatic weapons targeted by Feinstein's proposal.

    CNN: 'Enough is enough,' Feinstein says in proposing new gun ban

  • In March the United Nations abandoned its bid to impose a blanket ban on human cloning because of opposition from countries that support embryonic research for therapeutic purposes.

    CNN: Cloning success hailed, feared

  • Bowman expects this application, which was developed with Calgary Scientific, to be popular on EVO because its fast processor and 4G technology support will speed up the sending and receiving of detailed medical images.

    FORBES: Sprint Exec: HTC EVO Is "Really Good" Business Device

  • As we often note in such a circumstance, the company is not really required to devote any amount of resources to buy back shares, but if it feels it is in the best interest of shareholders (because the stock is too cheap) Kellogg has the ability to support its stock.

    FORBES: Kellogg's Two Scoops Of Good News

  • Increased service charges affected 18% of respondents, and 2% had lost their support entirely because their local authority had changed its eligibility criteria.

    BBC: Charity cuts fear for those with learning disabilities

  • Health reform still does not command much popular support mostly because its costs are front-loaded, while most of the benefits will not come for years.

    ECONOMIST: Health care

  • Quite the opposite, those who support President Ma do so because they think it is the best way of ensuring Taiwan keeps its freedoms.

    BBC: Taiwan backs Ma, but unease over China remains

  • Russia, which was critical of the tax levy on bank accounts because its locals account for nearly all of the foreign accounts on the island, failed to offer Cyprus financial support on Wednesday.

    FORBES: Cyprus Gets Thrown New Life Line

  • The gun-control bill is collapsing in the Senate because its liberal sponsors, led by Barack Obama and California's Dianne Feinstein, lost the support of Democratic senators from states with traditional hunting cultures, such as Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Mark Begich of Alaska or Max Baucus of Montana.

    WSJ: Henninger: Clinging to Guns��and Abortion

  • Mr Khan has said he acted to deflect western attention from Pakistan's own nuclear programme (in 1990 America had cut off all military aid to Pakistan because of its then covert bomb-building) and, in the case of Libya and Iran, as a gesture of support for two fellow Muslim countries.

    ECONOMIST: Pakistan’s proliferator-in-chief | The

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