• Especially in the mixed-sect province of Diyala, grumbling among the Sahwa-supporting sheikhs may be rising.

    ECONOMIST: Iraq

  • They are discovering that it is left-leaning, sensible-looking, and not the nutty sect of Welsh-language zealots that Labour had warned them to stay away from.

    ECONOMIST: Nationalism

  • Last year, police destroyed a sanctuary of the sect in Kayanza - its stronghold - and its followers retaliated by breaking up a Sunday service at a local Catholic church, she says.

    BBC: Burundi map

  • We see the emergence of an almost-religious sect in Embassytown rise up to preach against the lies, to warn against evil, led by the simile Valdik.

    FORBES: SciFi Book Club: Embassytown And The Invention Of Lies

  • The 10, 000-strong sect, which dominates the towns of Colorado City in Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, split from the mainstream Mormon church more than a century ago.

    BBC: Warren Jeffs, polygamist sect leader, gets life in jail

  • At the same time, the number of Shia MPs has risen from five to nine, closer to the minority sect's 20%-plus share of the population.

    ECONOMIST: Kuwait's mould-breaking election: It's hard to create a democracy | The

  • If only the head of the peaceable, pro-American and law-abiding Sufi sect in North America had been given a chance to speak, instead of the radical imam based in Orange County , several things would surely have happened.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Khan Job

  • After the war, the group transformed itself into a lay religious organisation, adopting the name Soka Gakkai (Value-Creation Society), and embracing the faith of the 700-year-old Nichiren Shoshu sect.

    ECONOMIST: Japan

  • The ICC has said Kenyatta and a co-perpetrator directed the outlawed sect to attack opposition members and rival tribes during the postelection unrest.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Paul, who welcomed uncircumcised and trayf-eating Gentiles into the sect.

    NEWYORKER: The Big Reveal

  • Based on the island of Lanzarote, this sect offers hope in a morally bankrupt post-religious society by promising immortality.

    ECONOMIST: The great French novel has all but vanished

  • Each party took 41 seats, most of the rest going to mild Islamists, Turkomen, Christians and Yazidis (followers of a sect that is said to descend from Roman-era worshippers of the god Mithras), nearly all with the blessing of the two big Kurdish parties.

    ECONOMIST: Iraq's Kurds

  • Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad has surrounded himself primarily with members of his Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.

    WSJ: Syria Sends Shocks Through Lebanon, Mideast

  • Regarding the chain of command, the French intelligence assessment said the section of the Syrian military responsible for filling munitions with chemical agents and for security at storage sites - "Branch 450" of the CERS - was staffed only by members of the president's minority Alawite sect and was "distinguished by a high level of loyalty to the regime".

    BBC: Syria's chemical weapons stockpile

  • Although Canon's powerful EOS-1D Mark III has priced itself right out of consideration for a large sect, the niche that has been waiting in tense anticipation to see a solid review of the unit need wait no more.

    ENGADGET: Canon's EOS-1D Mark III DSLR gets reviewed

  • It's fairly safe to say that Continental Automotive Systems isn't the only company out there conjuring up an in-car safety system to alert motorists of impending hazards, and while a certain sect (we jest, we jest) would likely ignore whatever great advice it's sure to give, we can still admire the effort here.

    ENGADGET: Continental telematics safety system alerts drivers of impending hazards

  • The Federal Deposit Bank Insurance Corp. (FDIC) is deliberating today over the proper formulation of a rule to implement section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, colloquially known as the Volcker Rule, and codified as 12 USC sect 1851.

    FORBES: Volcker Rule Trumps Euro Euphoria For Financal Sector Outlook

  • In 18th- and early 19th-century Britain a sizable chunk of the nation's economy was run by members of the religious sect known as the Quakers.

    FORBES: A Virtuous Cycle

  • The Glaubers were from Brooklyn, home to the largest community of ultra-Orthodox Jews outside Israel, more than 250, 000, and were members of the Satmar Hasidic sect.

    WSJ: NY police eye return of crash suspect held in Pa.

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