Six seats each were won by Hamas and the local coalition of Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

* a local abbreviation for Popular Movement of the Revolution, a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Popular plays, musicals, Vaudevillian and burlesque acts, silent films, talkies and favorite local and national entertainers, such as Will Rogers, appeared at the theatre during its heyday.

Popular live music venues include Mojo's, Clancy's Fish Pub and the Fly by Night Club, all of which host local and touring performers.

Popular seafoods of local origin include barramundi, flathead, and the balmain bug, while the popularity of Australian prawns led to a successful tourism campaign in the 1980s in which actor / comedian Paul Hogan invited Americans to come to Australia where he would " throw a shrimp on the barbie for ya ".

Popular Tamil weekly Ananda Vikatan launched a local supplement for Tiruchirappalli on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of its founding.

* 1893: A group of local Puerto Rican and Spanish notables founded the Sociedad Anónima de Economías y Préstamos ( later Banco Popular de Economías y Préstamos ) on 5 October 1893.

The concerts and specials are aired in local television stations and then released on CDs and DVD, raising money for the company's philanthropic foundation ( Fundación Banco Popular ) which benefits a variety of non-profit organizations in the island.

They were in turn supported by the 151, 000-man South Vietnamese Regional Forces and 149, 000-man South Vietnamese Popular Forces, which were the equivalent of regional and local militias.

Other vanguard legislation included the pro-poor Popular Participation Act, which decentralized the country by creating 311 ( since expanded to 321 ) municipal governments and empowered them for local governance.

Popular alcoholic beverages are divin ( Moldovan brandy ), beer, and local wine.

Popular local and national sports stars ( such as Michael Jordan or Bob Uecker ) are often chosen as spokesmen for commercial advertising.

* The Popular ( Department Store ) was a local chain of department stores in El Paso, Texas that was established in 1902 and closed in 1995

Popular tourist activities include sunbathing, swimming, water-skiing, and visiting the local Wild Rapids Waterslides.

Avellanet is a native of Mayagüez ( actually born in the same house that is now occupied by the local clubhouse of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico in town ).

At Phu Cong, MG Nguyen Van Hieu, the 5th Division commander, was able to use a local Popular Force battalion for base security.

Popular local dishes include the traditional tofu-misozuke, prepared by drying tofu in the sun and then adding miso.

* South Vietnamese Popular Force, a local defense militia formed by South Vietnam during the Vietnam War

However, with the coming of the Popular Liberation Army ( ELN by its Spanish initials ) there ensued a three-way struggle between the national military, the incoming guerrillas and local paramilitaries, with the serious consequence of massive population displacement.

Popular places for the performance of local music include The Full Cup, located on Van Duzer Street, and the Bay Street Saloon and Dock Street, both of which operate on Bay Street.

Another contributing factor was the underground power of the Spanish Radio market: Popular local DJs played marathon sets of Sánchez's music during the days following his death, and announced the time and location of the Norwalk wake to a broad audience of young Spanish-speaking listeners.

Popular local DJ, Paul Jenner, and his schoolteacher brother, Steve, brought local commercial radio to Hucknall in the 1980s.

Popular local sentiment gradually turns against the British, and Aubrey receives news that the local junta at Villanueva plans to impound his frigate.

From 1943 to 1945 Salò was the de facto capital of Benito Mussolini's Nazi-backed puppet state, the Italian Social Republic, also known as the Republic of Salò: Villa Castagna was the seat of the police headquarters, Villa Amedei was the head office of the Ministry of Popular Culture, Villa Simonini ( nowadays Hotel Laurin ) was the seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Stefani Agency, which distributed official press releases, was located in Via Brunati

Popular music of the period bore titles such as " California Girls ," " California Dreamin '," " San Francisco ( Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair )," " Do You Know the Way to San Jose " and " Hotel California ".

Popular restaurants include Zest Restaurant and cafe, the Exchange restaurant at the Westgrove Hotel, the Flaming Wok and the Lemongrass.

* Popular Inn Hotel

Popular culture has attributed these disappearances to the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings.

" Cuba has also lent support to the prominent Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) and the lesser-known Marxist-Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) both received training from Cuba's General Intelligence Directorate, as well as financial and diplomatic support from the Cuban government.

" Popular videogame director Hideo Kojima has referred to the movie frequently as an influence on his work, in particular the Metal Gear series.

Popular media has a strong hold on its coverage, and can sometimes sway views.

Popular Catholic imagery to a certain extent has remained attached to a Baroque style of about 1650, especially in Italy and Spain.

Popular interest and belief in the animal has varied since it was brought to the world's attention in 1933.

* David Coulter, Multi-Instrumentalist and Producer / Music Supervisor ; ex-member of Test Dept and The Pogues, has played Musical Saw on numerous albums and live with a who's who of Contemporary Popular Music: Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Tom Waits, Hal Willner, Richard Hawley, Jarvis Cocker, Marianne Faithfull, Tim Robbins, The Tiger Lillies.

He claims to have received two months of training in weaponry and terrorist tactics in Syria as a member of the left-wing Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine paid for by the Communist Bulgarian government, although this has been questioned.

The Popular Democratic Party has challenged the Bush Administration's Task Force Reports stating that in 1953 Puerto Rico achieved a compact of association between both nations that was recognized by the United Nations.

The remaining political organization, the Popular Democratic Party, is less active in its opposition of this case of disfranchisement but has officially stated that it favors fixing the remaining " deficits of democracy " that the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations have publicly recognized in writing through Presidential Task Force Reports.

Popular interest in Magritte's work rose considerably in the 1960s, and his imagery has influenced pop, minimalist and conceptual art.

In 1972 they started manufacturing the Saab B engine, and in 1977 Saab took advantage of Scania's experience with turbochargers and added one to the engine, thus creating one of the earliest turbocharged " family cars " with the Saab 99 Turbo, which has been listed by Popular Mechanics as the second best turbocharged car ever made.

Ambler's Popular Front – period œvre has a left-wing perspective about the personal consequences of " big picture " politics and ideology, which was notable, given spy fiction's usual right-wards tilt in defence of the Establishment attitudes underpinning empire and imperialism.

The Popular Liberation Army demobilized while the country's biggest terrorist group, FARC has been weakened and most of their top commanders have been killed or died during the decade.

CGI rendering of Princeton University's lithium-fed self-field MPD thruster ( from Popular Mechanics magazine ) MPD thruster technology has been explored academically, but commercial interest has been low due to several remaining problems.

He has received seven Australian TV Logie awards including the Logie award for Most Popular New Male Talent and six consecutive Logie awards for hosting the Most Popular Australian Lifestyle Program for Backyard Blitz.

This use of mycelium has been discussed in Time Magazine, Popular Science and other media, as well as the subjects of TED Talks " Are Mushrooms the New Plastic?

He has written a true crime book titled Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence.

The FN has established itself as the third largest political force in France, after the Union for a Popular Movement ( UMP ) and the Socialist Party ( PS ).

* Francis James Child collected fourteen variants in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, but the summary of Child Ballad 39A is considered to be the earliest ( Another Child ballad, Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane has no connection with this ballad except for the similarity of the heroes ' names.

Cuba has an elected national legislature, the National Assembly of People's Power ( Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular ), which has 614 members, elected every 5 years and holds brief sessions to ratify decisions by executive branch.

The remaining political organization, the Popular Democratic Party has officially stated that it favors fixing the remaining " deficits of democracy " that the Clinton and Bush administrations publicly recognized through Presidential Task Force Reports.