31.   A prominent South Korean religious leader appears to have defected to North Korea, sparking a new political battle between rival political parties in the South.

32.   After five years of Washington political battles, the president has alienated many in his own party, particularly in Congress.

33.   All his Texas Democratic siblings have been killed in political battle.

34.   Burton Barr, a legislative leader who was at the center of nearly every Arizona political battle for two decades, died Monday.

35.   Bush, campaigning in Bellevue, Wash., accused McCain of trying to turn a political battle into a fractious religious war.

36.   Bush, campaigning in Bellevue, Washington, accused McCain of trying to turn a political battle into a fractious religious war.

37.   Business leaders were caught off guard by the Kohl government, which had pushed the new law through Parliament after a lengthy political battle.

38.   Business is brisk these days for Anita Mangles, a veteran of some bruising political battles in California.

39.   But aides to Arafat were at pains not to depict the Palestinian leader as opening a political battle with Clinton.

40.   But Conway later resigned, frustrated by what he saw as political battles between liberals and conservatives in Congress over the programs.