21.   The ruling Communist Party has purged a high-ranking official, authorities said Friday, in a sign of serious internal rifts just two months before a major nationwide congress.

22.   There is no truth to rumors of a serious rift between President Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, a top aide to Yeltsin said Sunday.

23.   There were indications of a serious rift in the administration over the new policy.

24.   French diplomats played down the possibility of a serious public rift over the issue at Cannes.

25.   A similarly secretive visit by Taiwanese Vice President Lien Chan to the Ukraine in mid-August caused a serious rift between Kiev and Beijing.

26.   A serious rift could split the Harare diocese of the Anglican Church following leadership wrangles apparently fueled by racism.

27.   Britain has repeatedly warned that a lack of progress on the ban would lead to a serious rift with Europe.

28.   But a similarly secretive visit by Taiwanese Vice President Lien Chan to the Ukraine in mid-August caused a serious rift between Kiev and Beijing.

29.   The PDP had recruited Thaksin to replace Prasong Soonsiri as foreign minister after party infighting led to a change of leadership and a serious rift within PDP ranks.

30.   The Sunday Times speculated that the cabinet minutes contain details of serious rifts within the former ruling party leading up to the ousting of hardline president Pieter Botha.