21.   Warring factions each claimed victory Wednesday in heavy fighting apparently triggered by a dispute over port revenues.

22.   He said both the Gungrani and Kalwani factions had claimed it was their turn to use the supply of water to irrigate their wheat fields.

23.   A faction of HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

24.   No faction has claimed responsibility for the attack.

25.   The faction claimed Khad was allied to the Shura Nazar forces of former defence minister Ahmed Shah Masood, military strongman of Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani.