The APRC won 42 of 48 seats in the 25 January 2007 National Assembly election and 43 of 48 seats in the 29 March 2012 National Assembly election.

APRC candidate and incumbent Yahya Jammeh won a third five-year term in presidential elections held on 22 September 2006, receiving 67. 3 % of the vote.

There have been widespread reports in the Gambia of torture and arrests of UDP stalwarts who claim to fight against an authoritarian government led by President Yahya Jammeh of the ruling APRC party ( IRIN News ).

* Presidential election, 2006: Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh ( APRC ) 67. 3 %

President Yahya Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction ( APRC ) party secured 42 out of 48 seats.

By prevailing over other claimants for the loyalties of men, the nation-state maintained an adequate measure of certainty and order within its territorial borders.

Largely due to their efforts the catastrophic invasion-theory has maintained its position although Seebohm has always found supporters.

Since its independence, Armenia has maintained a policy of complementarism by trying to have friendly relations both with Iran, Russia, and the West, including the United States and Europe.

Classical Arminianism ( sometimes titled Reformed Arminianism or Reformation Arminianism ) is the theological system that was presented by Jacobus Arminius and maintained by some of the Remonstrants ; its influence serves as the foundation for all Arminian systems.

It certainly maintained strong Phoenician sympathies, for it was its refusal to join the philhellene league of Onesilos of Salamis which provoked the revolt of Cyprus from Achaemenid Persia in 500-494BC, when Amathus was besieged unsuccessfully and avenged itself by the capture and execution of Onesilos.

The Antarctic region had no indigenous population when first discovered, and its present inhabitants comprise a few thousand transient scientific and other personnel working on tours of duty at the several dozen research stations maintained by various countries.

The other long established club in the city ' Os Galitos ' was founded in 1904 and water related sports such as swimming, sailing and rowing are some of its longest traditional strongest specialities, other sections in the club include chess, basketball, snooker, pool and billiards among others, but rowing is the modality in which the club has a maintained a long and proud tradition going back more than one hundred years, reaching the highest possible excellence as a club with several of its individual and team of rowers having represented Portugal Internationally and at the Olympic games with good classifications on more than a just few occasions.

Having presided over relatively serene political, economic and social conditions, the feeling of prosperity in the UK had been maintained into the new millennium, and Labour would have a free hand to assert its ideals in the subsequent parliament.

They revelled in the legend that he was taken by Timur to Samarkand, and embellished it with a cast of characters to create an oriental fantasy that has maintained its appeal.

The supensory ligaments sustain the breast from the clavicle ( collarbone ) and the clavico-pectoral fascia ( collarbone and chest ), by traversing and encompassing the fat and milk-gland tissues, the breast is positioned, affixed to, and supported upon the chest wall, while its shape is established and maintained by the skin envelope.

In many places, every diocese, order or ecclesiastical province maintained its own edition of the breviary.

Until 2006 Costa Rica maintained its embassy in Jerusalem.

Despite occasional entanglements with European Powers such as the War of 1812 and the 1898 Spanish-American War, U. S. foreign policy was marked by steady expansion of its foreign trade and scope during the 19th century, and it maintained its policy of avoiding wars with and between European powers.

Eisenhower was convinced in 1946 that the Soviet Union did not want war and that friendly relations could be maintained ; he strongly supported the new United Nations and favored its involvement in the control of atomic bombs.

Both the database and most of its DBMS reside remotely, " in the cloud ," while its applications are both developed by programmers and later maintained and utilized by ( application's ) end-users through a web browser and Open APIs.

It received considerable negative criticism upon its release — a release which RCA, anxious to maintain the established commercial momentum, did not welcome, and which Bowie's ex-manager, Tony Defries, who still maintained a significant financial interest in the singer's affairs, tried to prevent.

Apart from the commonly cited example of water turning to steam with increased temperature, Gould and Eldredge noted another analogy in information theory, " with its jargon of equilibrium, steady state, and homeostasis maintained by negative feedback ," and " extremely rapid transitions that occur with positive feedback.

The band had a No. 14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single " Whip It ", and has maintained a cult following throughout its existence.

The family was not orthodox, and his father maintained his ties to Judaism through its music.

Ethiopia maintained 100, 000 troops along its side.

He never worked for any of the major manufacturers but maintained a productive relationship with BSA in its heyday.

The country's foreign relations and diplomatic missions are maintained by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

With the great Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, and the defeat of the Copperheads in the Ohio election in the fall, Lincoln maintained a strong base of party support and was in a strong position to redefine the war effort, despite the New York City draft riots.

His first visit to the area was in 1923 and he maintained a strong tie there until the end of his life.

The Greek mathematician Menaechmus solved problems and proved theorems by using a method that had a strong resemblance to the use of coordinates and it has sometimes been maintained that he had introduced analytic geometry.

After achieving independence from France in 1960, Cote d ' Ivoire maintained strong links with France through bilateral defence agreements.

Prior to the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, Cuba maintained strong economic and political ties to the United States.

France has maintained its status as key power in Western Europe because of its size, location, strong economy, membership in European organizations, strong military posture and energetic diplomacy.

Fatah is generally considered to have had a strong involvement in revolutionary struggle in the past and has maintained a number of militant / terrorist groups, although, unlike its rival Islamist faction Hamas, Fatah is not currently regarded as a terrorist organization by any government.

The human foot has two longitudinal arches and a transverse arch maintained by the interlocking shapes of the foot bones, strong ligaments, and pulling muscles during activity.

Germany has played a leading role in the European Union since its inception and has maintained a strong alliance with France since the end of World War II.

He oversaw the creation of a strong, well-financed national government that maintained neutrality in the wars raging in Europe, suppressed rebellion, and won acceptance among Americans of all types.

In 2008, there was still a strong herd at the Isortoq Reindeer Station maintained by the Icelander Stefán Magnússon and Norwegian Ole Kristiansen.

The Puritans of New England, for example, maintained strong opposition to the holiday and it was not until the mass Irish and Scottish immigration during the 19th century that the holiday was introduced to the continent in earnest.

As with their experience in the U. S., the Irish have maintained a strong political presence in the UK, most especially in local government and at the national level.

Central to the Irish community in Britain was the community's relationship with the Roman Catholic Church, with which it maintained a strong sense of identity.

In the face of repeated attacks and threats, Jordan has maintained a strong diplomatic presence in Baghdad.

Hoover maintained strong support in Congress until his death at his Washington, D. C., home on May 2, 1972, from a heart attack attributed to cardio-vascular disease.

Since its independence in 1961, Kuwait maintained strong international relations with most countries, especially nations within the Arab world.

Internationally, Morocco has maintained a moderate stance, with strong ties to the West.

Though Satsuma maintained strong influence over the islands, the Ryūkyū Kingdom maintained a considerable degree of domestic political freedom for over two hundred years.

Most states maintained a weak executive without veto or appointment powers, elected annually by the legislature to a single term only, sharing power with an executive council, and countered by a strong legislature.

With its strong control of the Red Sea, Suleiman successfully managed to dispute control of the Indian trade routes to the Portuguese and maintained a significant level of trade with the Mughal Empire of South Asia throughout the 16th century.