21.  An agreement between rival tribal groups, brokered by Karzai, seemed to hold.

22.  And rival groups attempting to build a stadium in the Los Angeles area were clamoring for the Seahawks.

23.  And they must complete the sale within just a few months, or else current team owners Steve Schott and Ken Hofmann can sell to a rival group.

24.  And though their numbers rival groups like the Moonies or Rajneeshees, this conservative Christian sect has managed to remain virtually unknown.

25.  Armed clashes, kidnappings, and murders among rival groups occur daily.

26.  A cease-fire was brokered between two rival Kurdish groups after a week of intense fighting, according to a joint statement from the U.S., Britain and Turkey.

27.  A little over a week ago, a group of men from the rival groups argued at a bar and a UDA man was badly beaten.

28.  A Kurdish faction in Iraq is attacking a rival group backed by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

29.  A month later, he was shot dead in Belfast by a rival paramilitary group.

30.  A rebel faction whose showdown with a rival group brought about the outbreak agreed late last week to a cease-fire.