41.   In some cases the groups force peasants to move out in an effort to destroy what they regard as a support base or recruiting ground for a rival faction.

42.   It also needs to be said that Iraqi Kurds themselves are engaging in a violent vendetta between rival factions.

43.   It is a measure of how much things have changed that the rival factions are even sitting at the same table.

44.   It was a case that ultimately widened a rift between rival factions of the Greek Orthodox Church.

45.   Just seven years ago, a dispute over whether to allow reservation gambling resulted in a pitched gun battle between rival factions of Mohawks.

46.   Karzai said rival tribal factions that field militias must be prepared to serve under a single defense ministry in Kabul.

47.   Meanwhile, traders also are keeping their eyes on events in northern Iraq, where two rival Kurdish factions inked a cease-fire yesterday.

48.   Muttahida Qaumi terrorists, including some newly sprung from jail, were taking revenge against the rival Haqiqi faction and law enforcement, occasionally using rockets and grenades.

49.   Partly because the parties are awkward coalitions of rival factions, they hesitate to take strong positions on specific issues.

50.   Port-au-Prince Mayor Evans Paul blamed the attack on a rival political faction.