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But Mr. Kittay depended on a single financial backer to subsidize the company's continuing losses.

The helicopters also subjected Russia, Mr. Assad's principal backer, to renewed Western criticism as an abettor of his repression.

The fund asked the fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, a board member and backer, to commit $2.5 million to the campaign.

Earlier this week, Mr. Iguarán visited Washington Colombiaia's largest financial backer — to ask for more money to help such investigations.

Delegation members told reporters that they had asked Russia, the Syrian government's most powerful foreign backer, to stop supplying weapons to Mr. Assad.

So there needs to be a clear commitment from America, the European Union and Japan (which has been Mr Supachai's most prominent backer) to resolve the matter swiftly.

But that policy has also resulted in China's emergence over the past decade as the Sudanese government's main backer to wield outsized influence in Khartoum.

The biggest Kickstarter project to date is Pebble, a watch that connects to a smartphone via Bluetooth, which received almost $150 per backer to raise $10.3m in May.

Gonzalez then called on left-hander Luis Avilan, who incuded Carl Crawford to hit a come-backer to start an inning-ending double play.

Broncos defensive tackle Broderick Bunkley played extremely well on running downs, while Joe Mays played exactly how you want your 4-3 Mike 'backer to play.

An expansive mat is spread under the trees in Djalu's front yard and, while eleventh-hour preparations for the voyage are made, Djalu and his family invite the visiting artists – Booth, Søren and De Backer – to take part in their art.