1.   El Shaddai claims allegiance to the church, and followers are encouraged to continue to attend Catholic services.

2.   How many other designers can claim an allegiance on a par with that of a national sport?

3.   Still, angry and landless Mayans who claim allegiance to the Zapatistas have seized tens of thousands of acres of land on hundreds of private farms.

4.   China has no relations with the Vatican and has long persecuted those who claim allegiance to the pope.

5.   China recognizes only its officially sanctioned Chinese Catholic church and rejects those who claim allegiance to the Vatican and worship in underground churches.

6.   China recognizes only its officially sanctioned Chinese Catholic Church and rejects those who claim allegiance to the Vatican and must worship in underground churches.

7.   China recognizes only its officially sanctioned Chinese Catholic church and rejects those who claim allegiance to the Vatican.

8.   Many in Europe worried about the neo-Nazi youths flashing the stiff-armed salute who claimed allegiance to the party, and about a hard-line element that extolled the Mussolini era.

9.   The group that seized the ferry Tuesday in Trabzon, Turkey, claimed allegiance to Chechen commander Shamil Basayev, a separatist hero.

10.   The group that seized the Turkish ferry claimed allegiance to Chechen commander Shamil Basayev, a separatist hero.