31.   The two factions said they had enough votes to table a no-confidence motion.

32.   Unlike the Zapatista rebels, the factions say they will not negotiate with the government and have launched persistent armed attacks on police and military posts.

33.   Turkish jets, pounding bases used by Turkish Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, have killed at least nine Iraqi Kurds, an Iraqi Kurdish faction said Friday.

34.   Her faction has said that it will not take part in the election campaign.

35.   A Sudanese pro-government faction said Tuesday they were holding three foreigners, a Canadian, a Kenyan and an Australian woman, after seizing a Red Cross plane.

36.   A Moslem rebel faction said Wednesday it wants separate peace talks with the Philippine government and is building up its combat forces.

37.   All the factions say they want peace but fighters continue to battle on several fronts, both in the southeast and the northwest of the country.

38.   An Afghan Shiite Moslem faction said Tuesday it had captured a top Taliban commander in heavy fighting close to their central stronghold.

39.   The rival factions say they are now negotiating a neutral site between the two towns to hold at least a one-hour session of parliament.

40.   Two gunmen have been killed and three injured in a ceasefire-violating skirmish in western Liberia, an ethnic Krahn faction said Thursday.