11.  Aleman, who united a divided party in Veracruz, has been touted by supporters as a possible presidential candidate.

12.  But Nduwayo, who had previously rejected calls for an international intervention force, has drawn strong criticism from his divided UPRONA party.

13.  He urged his divided party not to vote for a new early deadline for a start to IRA disarmament.

14.  Major scraped through his second showdown this winter with his divided party over policy toward the European Union after a balancing-act speech.

15.  On Saturday, Trimble narrowly managed to persuade his badly divided party to give the IRA a chance to live up to its pledge.

16.  Prime Minister John Major has reshuffled his Cabinet after his Conservative leadership win but it will not heal the bitterly divided party, right-wing legislators predict.

17.  The Clarke-Duncan Smith matchup is likely to highlight the most persistent split in the badly divided party.

18.  The four other contenders are on the right of the divided party.

19.  The vote was a victory for Trimble, who had staked his political career on persuading his divided party to back the deal.

20.  Then, talk of a divided party and civil war was in the air.