And in 1978, he broke with other Arab leaders in backing the Camp David accords between Egypt and Israel.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

An ICM survey in Britain's Guardian newspaper shows 46 percent backing British involvement in Afghanistan while 47 oppose it.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

But several independent voices in Sri Lanka are backing the calls by the US and the European Union.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Mr.Obama and Democrats in Congress are backing a "cap and trade" bill, which aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent by 2020.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

Robow is reported to be in favor of engaging in talks with al-Shabab rivals and maintaining a popular backing for the militant group.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

And at a press conference later in the day, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana offered strong backing for an eventual Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The announcement appears to indicate that Pakistan's powerful military, which has intervened in political crises before, is backing the government in the current standoff.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

"We are not backing away. We are going full steam ahead with our programs in Iran and across the region,again in order to create that space for civil societies to actually play the proper role that we would all understand in building more accountable democratic governing institutions,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Smith says American academicians and journalists often cite a list of root causes for Middle East turmoil, in which the U.S., the West and Israel usually play a big part: a history of colonialism and economic exploitation, the creation of Israel and American support for the Jewish state, the politics of oil, Western backing of repressive Arab regimes and the U.S.military presence in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18