21.   They seemed to be speaking Pashto, the language of the local Pashtun tribe.

22.   They were being persecuted by local Zairian tribes in league with Hutu militants in refugee camps.

23.   Twenty-five states bear names with Indian origins, reflecting expressions once used by local tribes.

24.   Washington officially recognized another local Indian tribe last week, which most likely means another casino, maybe two.

25.   While many local Pashtun tribes and the Tajiks have sworn allegience to the interim Afghan government, their rivalry continues to simmer.

26.   A dispute between scientists and a local Indian tribe are threatening to obscure new insights into prehistoric peoples of the New World.

27.   But in a counter-statement the Patriotic Union refuted the claims and said its rivals had attacked the border region in an attempt to suppress possible uprisings by local tribes.

28.   For months, Congolese troops, local tribes and remnants of the former Rwandan army have been fighting in eastern Congo.

29.   In recent years their jungle battalions have incorporated members of local Indian tribes.

30.   Instead, the man, a Mujahedeen sympathizer who belonged to a local Arab tribe in Khuzestan, had been killed in an Iranian crackdown, the group said.