91.   No faction in New York politics has changed more of late than the State Senate.

92.   Obuchi, as head of the largest faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was powerful.

93.   Oil shares climbed amid Middle East tension as renewed clashes between Kurdish factions in northern Iraq rekindled concern that a broader military conflict may erupt and threaten Gulf exports.

94.   Obuchi heads the largest faction in the LDP and, based on party politics, is the leading candidate for the job.

95.   Oil prices soared today as renewed clashes between Kurdish factions in northern Iraq rekindled concern that a broader conflict may erupt.

96.   One faction in the New Frontier Party, led by former Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata, resisted the idea and it was dropped at least for now.

97.   One Kurdish faction in Iraq is attacking a rival group backed by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

98.   Other grants will be used for providing health information on the Internet, studying the economic agendas of factions in civil wars and evaluating an anti-personnel landmine convention.

99.   On Tuesday, even as administration officials told senators that the warring factions in Bosnia no longer had an incentive to fight, fighting continued in northwest Bosnia.

100.   Over the years, the gunsmiths here have supplied arms to the fighting factions in neighboring Afghanistan.