21.   The MQM is the dominant political force in Karachi, but the rival factions battle each other when not fighting the security forces.

22.   The rival BLDP factions are battling for the right to use the party name and logo in the elections.

23.   Two rival army factions battled around Maseru last year, sparking a constitutional crisis involving the monarchy that required mediation by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

24.   Warring factions battled for control of a military barracks Sunday and took their fighting into a suburban neighborhood, sending civilians fleeing.

25.   While Johnson has said that factions are battling over diamonds, his rebels recently took peacekeepers hostage in north-central Liberia.

26.   Meanwhile rival factions battled for the fourth consecutive day at the diplomatic enclave of Mamba Point.

27.   Rival Kurdish factions on Monday battled for control of key areas of northern Iraq, sending panic-stricken families fleeing to the Iranian border, UN officials said.