31.   With occasional crackles of gunfire and roving militiamen everywhere, Monrovia today is a place where zones of influence of rival warlords come dangerously and unpredictably into contact.

32.   Pakistan and Iran have histories of backing rival warlords to influence events in Afghanistan, undermining stability.

33.   Pakistan and Iran have histories of backing rival warlords to influence events in Afghanistan, fueling civil war.

34.   A dozen signed peace accords have already failed in Liberia, which has been at war for nearly six years because rival warlords have refused to share power.

35.   A renegade Tajik military commander routed a rival warlord on Friday, sending his fighters fleeing to Uzbekistan after a three-day siege on an industrial city.

36.   A politician who recently switched allegiance between rival warlords has been seized for trial by Islamic court, a religious leader said Tuesday.

37.   A renegade Tajik military commander withdrew most of his troops from an industrial city Saturday after routing a rival warlord.

38.   Afghan authorities are struggling to keep the peace between rival warlords and control lawlessness.

39.   Although at one stage, rival warlords appointed rival ambassadors, one to Taipei and one to Beijing.

40.   Also Wednesday, fighting raged between rival warlords in northern Afghanistan, both of them defense ministry commanders.