But boardroom fights, shareholder lawsuits and even fratricidal competition are the stuff of capitalism.

ECONOMIST: The British press

History teaches that, with fratricidal division, much can change in a short time.

ECONOMIST: A prime minister who is doing better than many had expected

Serbia was trying to help the peace process to stop the fratricidal war, the war between brethren, honestly crazy and divided.

BBC: Milosevic defence transcript

Mr Habib thinks Israel may have meant to stoke the fratricidal conflict but may unwittingly have helped to dampen it instead.

ECONOMIST: Palestine

So they are still capable of drawing back from a fratricidal war.

ECONOMIST: The Palestinians

For instance, the new design would substitute precision for raw power in defeating hostile radars, thus eliminating the fratricidal effects of jamming signals on friendly communications links.

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Named after a Luxembourg-based clearing-house, it has all the ingredients of a political thriller: a master spy, anonymous denunciations, defence kickbacks, a smear campaign and fratricidal rivalry.

ECONOMIST: France's Watergate

So it is sad to report that the American right is in a mess: fratricidal, increasingly extreme on many issues and woefully short of ideas, let alone solutions.

ECONOMIST: The Republicans