1.   Democrats in the Assembly appeared to face an internal split that was nearly as paralyzing as the stalemate in the Senate.

2.   House Republicans are riven by internal splits between conservatives and moderates and between traditional business-oriented Republicans and those driven by social concerns.

3.   Internal splits are already forming.

4.   They suggest there is an internal split within Boston Scientific over how to proceed in the stent market.

5.   But the party, which has a number of internal splits, has not named a candidate for the next election.

6.   In recent years, Pol Pot presided over a shrinking guerrilla force beset by internal splits, defections and annual offensives launched by the Phnom Penh government.

7.   Saguy recalled one government meeting under the late Yitzhak Rabin at which Peres reprimanded him for warning of internal splits in Gaza.

8.   Sinn Fein is determined to avoid any further internal splits and defections to the dissidents.

9.   That would leave his party vulnerable to criticism and an internal split.

10.   The delay appeared to be a move to buy more time to avoid internal splits in the Montenegrin party.