1.   Traditionally, frequent Cabinet reshuffles provided the means through which LDP faction leaders rewarded the loyalty of their members by securing periods in office for them.

2.   Notwithstanding the constitutional changes which led up to the general election of July, the Habr government had remained an alliance of faction leaders lacking any real popular support.

3.   A SAVAGE feud between rival Republicans which left three men dead may be over, after the IRA stepped in to target faction leaders.

4.   And radio reports from Monrovia said that some faction leaders had themselves taken up refuge at the headquarters of the peacekeeping force on the outskirts of the capital.

5.   A group of Somali faction leaders recently urged the United States to attack Islamic fundamentalists in the country and to dismantle their terrorist bases.

6.   All the faction leaders wield military and political power.

7.   But politicians, scholars and political journalists also say that the importance of the factions and faction leaders is waning.

8.   Faction leaders boycotted.

9.   He called for international peacekeepers, but said that in their absence, faction leaders should act to subdue their troops.

10.   He used his advantage as the leader of the largest faction to attract other faction leaders, who then pressured their members to toe the line.