11.   Preventing the factions from fighting takes real soldiers, with the credibility necessary to avoid having to fire shots.

12.   That forced the president to meet with opposition legislators, as well as factions from his own coalition, and appeal for their cooperation.

13.   The Coalition of Pinnacle Peak, a powerful slow-growth faction from north Scottsdale, also is pledging money to help defeat the stadium district.

14.   The failure to take concrete steps stems in part from divisions among the deputies, with each faction from the communists to solid democrats proffering its own solution.

15.   They have threatened to pull the key faction from the government if that is his aim.

16.   Yomiuri said the Liberal Democrats had already won the cooperation of a group of independents and of a defecting faction from the main opposition party, the New Frontier.

17.   A Liberian warlord Monday urged Ivory Coast to close its border with Liberia to prevent rival factions from using it as an arms conduit and launching pad for attacks.

18.   All of the victims were suspected militants of the opposition MQM, several factions from which have been leading a violent campaign against the police and paramilitary security troops.

19.   But many Democrats say Torricelli can repair the rift between party members, now split into factions from North and South Jersey.

20.   He also admitted that one reason for the Burmese success was the recent defection of a Buddhist faction from the ranks of the Christian-led KNU.