Egypt has been mediating between rival Palestinian factions Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Bereket had harsh words for Ethiopia's Horn of Africa rival Eritrea, which the United States accuses of backing al-Shabab in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

According to the exit polling, only about one in ten voters favored her closest rival, Social Democrat lawmaker Algirdas Butkevicius.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

Campaigning officially began Saturday in the runoff election between incumbent President Hamid Karzai and top rival, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

The Paris Air Show ends Sunday which still gives Boeing time to catch up to rival Airbus in securing new aircraft orders.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

When the White House learned Cheney would be on ABC, it offered Biden to two rival networks.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

Bongo has urged voters to ignore rival candidates who he says are traitors and liars who will turn their backs on the country.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

Riots by rival gangs and factions of the security forces drove 100,000 people from their homes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

But in his conciliatory mood Saturday, Mr.Ravalomanana suggested he would not object to a constitutional change that would allow his arch-rival to seek the presidency.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Mr.Karzai's chief rival, Abdullah Abdullah, also has questioned the United Nations' role in the election.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

He did not reveal the contents, but it is widely reported here the letter urges India to resume discussions with its neighbor and long-time rival.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

But Udon Thani is also home a small minority of Yellow Shirts, a rival movement whose street protests helped prompt the 2006 coup that removed Mr.Thaksin.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"The advancement we're going to make on the production and research side of things in the next 10 years is going to rival the last 100 years."

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

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

New Delhi views its growing ties with the United States as a counterweight to China a one-time rival of which it continues to be wary, despite steadily improving ties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Sudan's rival,Chad,has also indicated it would not honor the decision.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

Ms.Tymoshenko said in a televised appeal to the nation Saturday she is convinced her rival, Victor Yanukovich, who seeks closer ties with neighboring Russia, had not won the presidential election.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

Clinton,in a talk with reporters here, said she has been involved in intensive telephone diplomacy with President Karzai and his main election rival, former Afghan foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, and is encouraged by what she has heard from the parties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Mr.Ban welcomed President Hamid Karzai's announcement Tuesday that he would accept a runoff with his closest rival, Abdullah Abdullah, after the U.N.-backed audit of the August 20 vote found nearly a quarter of all votes were fraudulent and had to be thrown out.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Ali Nourizadeh of the London-based Center for Arab and Iranian Studies says Iran thinks that by spending $50 million it can rival Western broadcasters, but he doubts it will succeed: "The Iranians know the effect of international media, especially those Farsi-speaking media like Voice of America and the BBC.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16