71.   Factions within the rebel group are battling over the diamond- and timber-rich region.

72.   For months, two factions within the Nationalist Party have been at war over differences as to the direction of the party.

73.   Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi was the apparent front-runner in the race, having reportedly won the support of a large faction within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

74.   Gonzalez Graf said the three main factions within the party are in serious disagreement over how the campaigns have been run.

75.   He added that the emergence of factions within the separatist group threatens the possibility of guerrillas sitting down with the government in future peace talks.

76.   Hashimoto, as head of the largest faction within the party, is generally regarded as the front-runner.

77.   He barely survived a no-confidence motion late last year when a faction within the party threatened to join the opposition voting bloc.

78.   He added that that process could involve not only the non-Congolese participants but the rebel factions within Congo.

79.   He added that that process could involve not only the non-Congolese participants but the rebel factions within the Congo.

80.   He blamed violence against civilians on factions within the PKK that were outside of his control.