The balance between the two main parties, the National Liberation Party and the ruling Social Christian Unity Party, has lent the country a political stability that is the envy of its neighbours.
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The Serbian Unity Party run by Arkan, who, as Mr Raznatovic, was once a member of parliament, has refused to comment.
Damien Hirst and other figures in the Young British Artists movement spent time in Berlin in the post-unity party atmosphere of the 1990s and still exhibit there.
The Scottish Socialist Party, rival left-wing party Solidarity, the Scottish Senior Citizens' Unity Party and UKIP are also contesting the by-election.
Both men have quit the Ulster Unionist Party over the decision of the party to support a unionist unity candidate in the Mid-Ulster by-election.
Jim Parker, from the Scottish Senior Citizens' Unity Party, was among the crowds, wearing a smiley faced rosette.
Mr Baidhya said the unity in the party was still possible if Mr Dahal and Mr Bhattarai "rectify their past mistakes".
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So - in common with other party leaders in the past who have tried to maximise party unity and keep in with the papers by promising referendums - he may find that every solution brings a problem.
Uri Bank, an aide to MK Benny Elon of the right-wing, religious National Unity Party, says the shift is a sign of modernisation.
In a bid for party unity, the Democrats elected a new party secretary Saturday, choosing former left-wing union leader, Guglielmo Epifani in hopes of reinvigorating grass-root support.
To be sure, the vibe on the Conservative benches might be for party unity after the bruising split on gay marriage, but that may well have dissipated by March, when the bill would probably come back before MPs.
John Ashcroft, who stresses moral issues, said the party needs unity to win.
Other would-be speaker candidates either considered running and decided against it, or withdrew in the name of party unity.
EMU-philes concede that a formal split is a long way off, and in public all chant the mantra of party unity.
Yet the zealots, as Mr Ford calls them, will hardly fade away, muting their voices for the sake of party unity.
In his letter Sunday, Obama said all the delegates should be seated with a full vote for the sake of party unity.
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Mr Santorum, who has faced calls to bow out of the race in the name of party unity, defiantly vowed to fight on.
Ulster Unionist Environment Minister Dermot Nesbitt, a strong supporter of Mr Trimble, said he was hopeful of greater unity in the party when the ruling council meets.
Cabinet ministers such as Alan Johnson and Harriet Harman rallied round Mr Brown on Tuesday and urged unity in the party, saying voters expected them to focus on important issues like turbulence in the financial markets.
His candidacy is backed by the left leaning National Hope Unity Party (UNE).
If the opinion polls, party unity and budgetary reality all argue against broad-based tax cuts, it is hard to see them topping a convincing Republican agenda.
Kibaki, a government minister from 1965 until winning power as head of the Party of National Unity in elections five years ago, also enjoys the support of Kenyatta's successor, Daniel Arap Moi, a member of the Kalenjin tribe who ruled Kenya for 24 years from 1978 to 2002.
Ms. RODGERS: Well, Ian Paisley, who's the leader of the main Unionist party, the DUP, which obviously favors unity with Britain--his response, while not exactly welcoming, has not been as vitriolic as it has been in the past.
The decision by the UUP to support a single unity candidate led two senior members of the party, Basil McCrea and John McCallister, to announce their resignations.
But the risk remains that Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the Democrats, would be unable to preserve his party's unity if, as Mr Monti has indicated, the price of such a coalition would be to ditch his more leftwing allies.
He said on Thursday he was ready to drop the plan and called for unity in his party ranks ahead of a confidence vote on Friday.
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She said it was "ironic" that Mr Crosby's plea for party unity was leaked to the media before Tuesday evening's meeting.
One came from the would-be National Unity and Social Justice Party, which has spent seven years awaiting approval for a platform aimed at strengthening relations between Muslims and Christians in strife-torn Upper Egypt.
If he pulls it off he will restore party unity, see off the threat of UKIP, put Labour on the back foot and secure a relationship with the EU which is no longer a political nightmare for him and his party.
The Democratic Unionist Party may support Sinn Fein's campaign for a referendum on Irish unity, the enterprise minister has said.
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