21.   The so-called kiss of honor is one way of telling a clan member the recepient is in the Mafia, too.

22.   The two were among nine people shot dead when clan members stormed their home Friday, according to Iraqi media.

23.   The uprising reportedly was led by Col. Turki Ismael Al-Dulaimi and carried out by clan members who come from the western province of Al-Anbar.

24.   Tribesmen in a remote corner of northwestern Pakistan ambushed a van carrying rival clan members, killing six people and wounding six more, a newspaper reported Sunday.

25.   Tribesmen in southern Iraq have clashed with army soldiers and militiamen of the ruling Baath Party after three clan members were executed, two Iraqi opposition groups said Wednesday.

26.   Two clan members were killed and an unspecified number were injured, according to the news agency.

27.   Two defector sons-in-law of President Saddam Hussein are killed by clan members who stormed their Iraqi home after their return from six months exile.

28.   Tribal affiliation remains a strong element of Yemeni society, especially in rural areas, giving elders great influence over clan members.

29.   Relatives of some clan members hold government positions in the south.

30.   The fighting was between local clan members and militiamen loyal to warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid.