41.   The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan denied the claim and said its rivals had attacked the border region in an attempt to suppress possible uprisings by local tribes.

42.   The refugees say that Hutu refugees have joined a local tribe and the army to drive ethnic Rwandan Tutsis from the Masisi.

43.   The suit accuses the mine of damaging forests, polluting a nearby river by dumping waste products and allegedly attacking and torturing local tribes people.

44.   The victims, two native American women and an environmentalist, were in Colombia to help a local Indian tribe set up schools.

45.   Under a blazing sun a dozen elders from local tribes and a few badly uniformed members of the new Afghan army welcomed Karzai as he arrived at the airport.

46.   He lived with the Indians for several years before being picked up by the Spanish and working as an interpreter with local tribes.

47.   Hussein was a member of a tribe in the Chabwa region which has been engaged in a long-running feud with another local tribe, the source added.

48.   Afghan sources said the tough Uzbek soldiers had been dispatched after reports that troops belonging to local Pashtun tribes were reluctant to fight the Islamic militia.

49.   Antara quoted Adiwijoyo as saying the abductors could be rebel separatists or a local tribe who took the people after they had entered sacred areas.

50.   But opium produces more money for the poor and isolated local tribes than anything else they can grow.