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Sunni and Shia politicians bitterly contest control of key posts in government and the security forces, while their militias clash over control of territory.

Even as Mr. Bremer toured Mosul and praised it as a "great example of embryonic democracy," ethnic Kurds and Arabs in the nearby city of Kirkuk continued to clash over control of land and houses in the Kurdish-dominated north.

As the Bush administration contemplates military strikes in Afghanistan, some officials fear that too strong a blow could create a dangerous opportunity for Afghanistan's powerful neighbors to compete, even clash, over control of the territory.

While Libyan factions in Benghazi clash over control of army bases in the city, opposition forces further west have broken through government lines at Misrata, routing pro-Gaddafi units and seizing tanks, heavy artillery and rocket launchers.

The foreign ministry of the Philippines said that fewer than 1,000 of its citizens had left Libya by Wednesday despite the rapidly deteriorating security situation as rival militias clash over control of key population centres.

They clash over control of key access roads and resources from diamond and gold mines.

New Jersey's two Democratic candidates for the United States Senate clashed over gun control, national security and taxes tonight during their third debate, as each candidate tried to portray himself as the stronger champion of working families and the elderly.

In May, Mr. Chung and his younger brother, Chung Mong Hun, the de facto head of Hyundai Engineering, clashed over control of the Hyundai Group, which led Hyundai Motor and nine other affiliates to sever their ties to the conglomerate.

Clashes over control of the many mines have also created religious tension in places where there previously had been none.

India and Pakistan have clashed over control of the Himalayan state since 1947, when Britain granted independence to and partitioned the subcontinent.

Obama noted pro-Russia militias continued to occupy buildings, destabilizing embattled eastern Ukraine and sparking fear of military clashes over control of the region.