But officials in the McGreevey administration say that the merchants in Little India are so politically fractured -- they have three separate business associations -- that it is common for one faction to make unsubstantiated allegations against members of another faction.
The castle remained a key Parisian fortress, but was successfully seized by the Burgundians in 1464, when they convinced royal troops to surrender: once taken, this allowed their faction to make a surprise attack into Paris, almost resulting in the capture of the king.
But they will still be a minority in parliament, so it will require a genuine willingness from the other factions to make concessions to reach a consensus.
One hundred and thirty‐one members of different opposition groups chal lenged the regime factions to make good on their talk of Europeanization and democrati zation.
He added that this might even become a regional war, and lambasted the president for making speeches at home rather than getting on a plane and drumming up international pressure on Iraqi factions "to make the concessions that are needed".In Bush-bashing terms, that still puts Mr Biden some way behind the current darling of the left, Russ Feingold (see article).
Many are exhausted by Israel's continuing siege, but fear they would be inviting attack inside and out if they laid down their arms.Many Palestinians long for the factions to make peace with each other so they can negotiate with the Israelis as a united group, and fear that the longer it is left to fester, the harder it will be to reverse the separation of territory and power.
But without a fundamental change of heart from Mr Maliki or a willingness of Sunni and Shia factions to make the kind of compromises needed for effective national government, a unified Iraq may survive this storm, but many fear it will simply be living on borrowed time.
First, by her own admission, Vreeland embellished her 1984 memoir, "DV," which she called "faction" (half truth, half fiction), to make it more enjoyable for readers.
Over the years, one family member labeled others "Stalinists", one brother accused another of running a "Banana Republic", one faction tried to make India's highest court intervene against another faction, and family members wrote letters to the newspaper's staff, denouncing decisions taken by their kin.
With all factions unwilling to make compromises acceptable to their opponents, neutral observers fear a violent outcome.
"It's everything I'm here to do," said Mr. Allen, citing 200 years of factions struggling to make sure they had a voice in their government.
