The 12 teams at the Vancouver 2010 tournament are split into three groups: Canada,the United States,Switzerland and Norway in Group A.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Some reports said the dispute had caused al-Shabab to split into two factions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

Analyst Ali Alfoneh at the conservative American Enterprise Institute says there has been another development over the past year - the opposition has split into two differing factions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

In 1993,Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Cyprus was split into a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south in 1974 when Turkey invaded in response to a short-lived coup by supporters of union with Greece.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11