A comeback of sorts was seen during the 1960s and 1970s, but it was not until 1981, when the Liberals allied with the newly formed SDP to form the SDP-Liberal Alliance, that the party enjoyed significant electoral success.

Alliance ' 90 / The Greens () is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party ( founded in West Germany in 1980 ) and Alliance 90 ( founded during the Revolution of 1989 – 1990 in East Germany ) in 1993.

The CIA's Special Activities Division created successful guerrilla forces from the Hmong tribe during the war in Vietnam in the 1960s, from the Northern Alliance against the Taliban during the war in Afghanistan in 2001, and from the Kurdish Peshmerga against Ansar al-Islam and the forces of Saddam Hussein during the war in Iraq in 2003.

Other liberation groups that had been formed during the previous year —- consecutively, the Gay Liberation Front, Queens, the Gay Activists Alliance, Radicalesbians, and Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries ( STAR )—- asked for an opportunity to hold officially recommended commemorative events of their own.

Born in the western Afghan city of Herat, he rose to become a powerful rebel commander during in the Soviet War in Afghanistan, and then a key member of the Northern Alliance until finally becoming the Governor of Herat Province.

* 1900 – Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.

In October 2001, the United States armed forces and British Armed Forces provided massive air support to United Front ( Northern Alliance ) ground forces during Operation Enduring Freedom.

However, KHAD has continued to operate after the fall of the Soviet backed government in 1992 and acted as the intelligence arm of the United Front or " Northern Alliance " during the Civil war in Afghanistan ( 1996 – 2001 ).

Relations faltered somewhat during the administration of President John F. Kennedy, as United States officials began calling for democratic rule and land reform and threatened to withhold Alliance for Progress funds ( an amount equal to about 40 percent of Paraguay's budget ) unless Paraguay made progress.

* Throwing an opponent over the top rope during a match ( this move is still illegal in the National Wrestling Alliance )

In 1689, during the War of the Grand Alliance, France re-occupied the entire island, and decimated the English farms.

* It is announced that Ahmed Shah Massoud, a military leader of the Northern Alliance, died on September 9 from wounds received during a Taliban suicide attack.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Trier was sought after by France, who invaded during the Thirty Years ' War, the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the Spanish Succession, and the War of the Polish Succession.

Although it was widely believed that some Alliance members would take offence to the term, it was officially accepted by the newly-merged party during the 2004 leadership convention.

The creation of Great Britain happened during the War of the Spanish Succession, in which just before his death in 1702 William III had reactivated the Grand Alliance against France.

The abbreviated show was a featured segment of Nashville Sings Woody, yet another tribute concert to commemorate the music of Woody Guthrie held during the Folk Alliance Conference.

The first use of Blue-Green Alliance as a political affiliation in a US election was during the 2005 City Council Primaries in Minneapolis, MN.

The Italian Federation of the Greens, the French Greens, the German Alliance ' 90 / The Greens and both Belgian Green parties, the French-speaking Ecolo and the Dutch-speaking Agalev were part of government during the late 1990s.

However, Britain and Spain were often at war during this period, fighting one another in the War of the Quadruple Alliance ( 1718 – 20 ), the Blockade of Porto Bello ( 1726 ) and the Anglo-Spanish War ( 1727 – 1729 ).

Luke is heartbroken, but finds the strength ( with help from Obi-Wan's spirit ) to join the Rebel Alliance and destroy the Death Star during the film's climactic battle.

At the height of Taliban strength during the Afghan Civil War, Afghani Badakhashan was a stronghold for Northern Alliance.

This position changed in 1689 when Leopold secured William III of England's support to claim the undivided Spanish Empire in return for Leopold's aid against France in the War of the Grand Alliance ( 1688 – 1697 ).

* May 12 – Nine Years ' War: With England and the Netherlands both now ruled by William III, they join the Grand Alliance ( League of Augsburg ), thus escalating the conflict, which continues until 1697.

* July 29 – War of the Grand Alliance: The Dutch-English army led by King William III of England is defeated by the French at the Battle of Landen.

* Almost all of Greece falls under Macedonian suzerainty after Antigonus III re-establishes the Hellenic Alliance as a confederacy of leagues, with himself as president.

William Luther Pierce III ( September 11, 1933 – July 23, 2002 ) was the leader of the white separatist National Alliance organization, and one of the most important ideologists of the white nationalist movement.

Originally, the Rebel Alliance was featured in the original trilogy of films in which they are the main protagonist, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, whereas its origins were referred in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

He was in favour of the Franco-Russian Alliance, and received the Order of St Andrew from Alexander III.

The Battle of Solferino ( referred to in Italy as the Battle of Solferino and San Martino ) on 24 June 1859 resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II ( together known as the Franco-Sardinian Alliance ) against the Austrian Army under Emperor Franz Joseph I.

French control was short-lived, as William III of Orange-Nassau captured Namur only three years later in 1695 during the War of the Grand Alliance.

The Nine Years ' War ( 1688 – 97 ) – often called the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the Palatine Succession, or the War of the League of Augsburg – was a major war of the late 17th century fought between King Louis XIV of France, and a European-wide coalition, the Grand Alliance, led by the Anglo-Dutch Stadtholder-King William III, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, King Charles II of Spain, Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, and the major and minor princes of the Holy Roman Empire.

This Anglo-Dutch alignment was the basis for the Grand Alliance, ratified on 20 December by William III representing England, Anthonie Heinsius and Treasurer Jacob Hop representing the Dutch Republic, and Königsegg and Stratman representing Emperor Leopold I.

) This is an allusion to the wars fought under King William III and Queen Anne against France under Louis XIV, the War of the Grand Alliance ( 1689 – 1697 ) and the War of the Spanish Succession ( 1701 – 1713 ).

The Redmen then traveled to face the number one team in Division III football, Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio.

In 1695, when François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg died, he obtained the command of the army in Flanders ( see War of the Grand Alliance ); William III found him a far easier opponent than the " little hunchback " ( the duc de Luxembourg ).

They then cancelled Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance III, possibly due to the fact that the second game in the series sales could not match the combined sales of all re-releases of the first game.

* Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance III was in development by Interplay

During a live ISN broadcast the reporter, Jane, is interrupted by her news director who announces that the colonies at Proxima III and Orion VII just declared independence from the Earth Alliance in protest over the bombings.

On December 8, 2003, in the midst of serious financial difficulties, Interplay laid off the entire Black Isle Studios staff, which also resulted in the cancellation of Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance III and the original Fallout 3.

* Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance III ( 2004 )

Pont Alexandre III in Paris and the Trinity Bridge ( Saint Petersburg ) | Trinity Bridge in St Petersburg remain two symbols of the Franco-Russian Alliance.

The Earth Alliance was founded in 2085 by the countries of Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States in the aftermath of World War III to replace the ineffectual United Nations.