And a dissident faction, led by Mr. Kelly, seized control of the city's Republican Party.

A military faction seized power in 1964 but allowed elections to be held in 1966.

Finally a faction led by Phraya San seized the capital and forced the king to step down.

The anti-Roman faction in the royal household seized power and totally upset the careful arrangements made and fostered by Rome.

How the player decides to act in these Zones determine which faction seizes the territory.

Another faction of Texans seize the opportunity to attempt to eliminate the first faction's troops.

Instead, existing factions seized on the combined Spanish-Tlaxcaltec presence to shift the local political balance and take power for themselves.

Last week, one faction seized the party headquarters in Managua and prevented its adversaries from entering.

Its politics were messy, ethnic and nonaligned until 1978, when an ultra-leftist faction seized power.

But tensions between the two countries have eased since 1990, when a pro-Libyan faction seized power in Chad.