51.   Speculation mounted that the National Front would finally split over the bitter struggle.

52.   Speculation mounted Tuesday the party could finally split over his bitter struggle with Megret, his longtime top lieutenant.

53.   The Communist-dominated Duma is bitterly critical of Yeltsin and free market reforms and has been locked in a bitter struggle with the president.

54.   The European Union faces a bitter struggle over cleaning up auto fuels after its elected assembly voted Wednesday for strict new anti-pollution standards.

55.   The president and Supreme Court chief justice waged a bitter struggle against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his two-thirds majority in Parliament.

56.   The two parties, which are supposed to be ruling coalition partners, have been locked in a bitter struggle that threatens to erupt into violent confrontation.

57.   The two top candidates in a bitter struggle over leadership of the World Trade Organization showed support Tuesday for a proposal to split the post between them.

58.   While Rabbani was president, the Islamic militias that had forced the Soviets to get out turned their guns on each other in a bitter struggle for power.

59.   With the events of the past week, speculation mounted that the National Front would finally split over the bitter struggle.

60.   He also said he knew of no arms shipments by the defence force to the IFP, which is waging a bitter struggle with the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal.