11.  He played down the significance of his tribal group, the Noori.

12.  It is also aimed at stirring up resistance to the Taliban among Pashtun tribal groups in the south.

13.  It legitimizes the terrible proposition that a tribal group in a territory has the right to create its own ethnically pure state, killing or expelling all others.

14.  It required states to conduct good-faith negotiations with tribal groups over proposed gambling regulations, including the operation of casinos.

15.  It created a voluntary ban on climbing the tower during June so that tribal groups could worship there in privacy and without disruptions in that month.

16.  It opened with family portraits of Ndebele people in tribal garb, particularly of mothers with infants, and other tribal groups at work, rest and play.

17.  Much of the unrest has been among discontented tribal groups that have taken foreigners hostage to press demands for more government spending.

18.  Nevertheless, the U.S. Marines are expected to support various tribal groups in their campaign against the Taliban.

19.  Northern Plains Indian tribal groups consider the name offensive.

20.  Over the decades, tribal groups have been fragmented into small, nearly powerless bands living on hundreds of pocket reserves scattered across the vast nation.