1.   After an ailing Papandreou resigned in February, Simitis was elected prime minister, and won the party leadership battle five months later.

2.   But the party, suffering disunity and disarray, is gearing up for a leadership battle.

3.   Confounding those who predicted a leadership battle, Levin and Turner appear to have developed an amicable relationship.

4.   Fire, the big winner in the leadership battle, took a wait-and-see approach.

5.   In Brooklyn, Republicans have been torn by a party leadership battle that is equally bitter.

6.   In the course of a rather tough leadership battle, the issue of his religion did not arise.

7.   They are in the middle of a leadership battle, with the party chairwoman, Angela Merkel, considered a sure loser in any election against Schroeder.

8.   U.K. markets fell again on increased concern over the consequences of the leadership battle.

9.   Prime Minister Jim Bolger has announced he will retire at the end of the month rather than face a tough leadership battle on Tuesday.

10.   And throughout the leadership battle, Shipley has maintained a dignified silence, preferring to leave it to others to effect a coup.