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clans
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The matches can get heated when the influencers debate the strengths of different clans.
Police say that on Sunday alone, more than 300 shots were fired by tribesmen, after peace talks between the clans had failed.
Osama bin Laden belonged to one of Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest clans.
Critics of today’s Helpers of God government in North Yemen allege that, despite its populist rhetoric, it is dominated by a handful of clans who consider themselves descendants of the Prophet, including the Houthis themselves.
Such collective graves were common among farmers in the region at the time, and archaeologists have assumed they belonged to clans who buried relatives there over the course of centuries.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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