Mr.Netanyahu's warnings drew an angry response from the Palestinians under the leadership of President Mahmoud Abbas and his moderate Fatah faction.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Souter often sided with the court's liberal faction, and Sotomayor is expected to largely follow in his footsteps.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Noordin led a faction of the group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which seeks to establish a single Islamic state across much of Southeast Asia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

A spokesman for the ruling Palestinian Fatah faction says the group called for a general strike in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Initial results show Mr.Maliki's State of Law bloc with a slim overall lead over former prime minister Iyad Allawi and his secular Iraqiya faction.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

Hezbollah is not believed to be responsible for this attack, but rather a small Palestinian faction.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

He led a breakaway faction of the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah, which has carried out a string of bombings in Indonesia in recent years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Among those prevented from approaching the area was 36-year-old Dmitri Diliani, a member of the Revolutionary Council of the ruling Palestinian Fatah faction of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

The vote is supposed to take place in the West Bank, which is controlled by Mr.Abbas, and the Gaza Strip which is ruled by its rival faction Hamas.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

No single faction is expected to win an outright majority.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

For Mr.Abbas' political allies and for the Israelis, there is concern that elections held now might mean gains for the militant Islamist Hamas faction, whose charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish State.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16