1.   As factional clashes have erupted throughout the country since the fall of the Taliban regime, US officials have stated that American troops would not intervene.

2.   The Singapore Democratic Party has been weakened by a bitter factional clash.

3.   Grand Cape Mount county has been the scene of factional clashes between the rival factions over the past month.

4.   At least eight people were reported killed and five wounded in factional clashes in western Liberia, according to refugees arriving near here.

5.   Both factions have blamed each other for the fresh fighting in the southeast, which follows seven weeks of factional clashes in Monrovia.

6.   ECOMOG and UN military sources here Wednesday said the arrest of the NPFL generals has brewed tension in western Liberia and fueled factional clashes in the southeastern region.

7.   Factional clashes in Monrovia intensified Wednesday with at least one fighter executed, another ceasefire widely ignored and peace talks in Ghana called off.

8.   Factional clashes resumed in Monrovia on Thursday with an assault on a heavily populated barracks in the centre of the city.

9.   ECOMOG provided no details on the latest factional clashes.

10.   Factional clashes raged in this area for more than three hours on Tuesday and fighting was also reported in other districts.