2014 Event The White House supports release of a report detailing CIA interrogation methods while acknowledging that the report details will likely spur violence by parties and nations hostile to the U.S. 2014 Event Donald Sterling, L.A. Clippers owner, is banned for life after reports of his racist comments; a new CEO will be appointed, and other team owners are encouraged to pressure Sterling into selling; many parties have already expressed interest 2014 Event Apple and Samsung achieved mixed victory in a patent suit settlement; Samsung will owe Apple about $120 million, and Apple will owe Samsung about $158,000; Both parties were found to have infringed on each other's patents 2014 Event Lebanon's new Prime Minister Tammam Salam declares that he has been able to form a new cabinet, breaking the 10-month impasse between Hezbollah and Sunni rival parties; Salam intends to hold presidential elections on time 2014 Event As part of a political transition, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and representatives from the country's main political parties agree to transform Yemen into a six-region federation 2013 Event A strike intended to shut down Nepal's general elections November 19th, is orchestrated by an alliance of 33 opposition parties 2011 Event In Belgium, Parti Socialiste leader Elio di Rupo is set to become Prime Minister, pending approval by the parties' conventions and definition of the cabinet makeup 2011 Event Venezuelans celebrate 200 years of independence from Spain with a military parade and parties in the streets 2010 Event Rival political parties clash in Guinea ahead of a presidential run-off election; at least 24 people are injured 1990 Event King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties 1990 Event U.S.S.R. Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties 1978 Event Swaziland's new constitution promulgated bans political parties 1976 Event Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties 1975 Event All political parties forbidden in Bangladesh 1961 Event Equal access rule, political parties get TV broadcasting time 1953 Event Egyptian Premier General Naguib disbands all political parties 1946 Event Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties 1941 Event German occupiers disband political parties 1935 Event King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties 1934 Event Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his 1925 Event Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties 1923 Event All non-fascist parties dissolved in Italy 1922 Event Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win 1920 Event USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany 1909 Event Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections
