21.   While his party, the African National Congress, struggles with growing pains, internal rifts and increasing criticism, Mandela enjoys continued adulation.

22.   It spurred speculation that an internal rift had broken out in the YOU.

23.   The GIA is hampered by internal rifts, intensive security forces operations and self-defense units in villages throughout the country.

24.   The Islamic Resistance Movement HAMAS on Sunday denied there was any internal rift within its leadership over contacts with the PLO.