Fatah, too, retains the deep internal splits that contributed to its election defeat.

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He catalogued a list of injuries on Noah's head and body: deep internal bruising, abrasions, nail scratches, round focal bruises around his joints indicating squeezing fingertip pressure.

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Over the years Mali - routinely, and lazily hailed abroad as a beacon of democracy in West Africa - had shown signs of becoming numb to its own deep internal problems.

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It is rent by deep internal rifts.

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Accounts of deep staff divisions and raging internal turmoil became a staple of Clinton campaign coverage, and competing staff leaks and stories of profanity-laced tirades between senior advisers contributed to the impression of a campaign spiraling out of control.

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There will of course be cases where people do close ranks, the culture in some parts of policing is, without doubt, a sort of internal one and people feel deep loyalty to their colleagues.

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Mr Mikati warned that internal divisions among the Lebanese had created deep wounds which only a dialogue could heal.

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Several companies that are already in deep trouble have admitted that they will be unable to file while internal investigations into past accounting continue.

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In another first for Intel, a company with an extraordinarily deep management bench, the Board indicated that it will consider both internal and external candidates in its search for a new CEO.

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Others, such as deep integration with the Sybase Unwired Platform and Sybase Afaria (and its internal enterprise app store features), are coming.

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