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In the end, these were two ambitious, power-hungry clans aiming to dominate Filipino politics, and there was not enough power for them to share.

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Italian police have launched a series of raids targeting Mafia clans operating in and around the Sicilian capital Palermo.

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The lions — living in the only range to bisect a major metropolitan area — could land on the state’s endangered species list, along with several other cut-off clans in the state.

It’s an even farther cry from TV’s more obvious epic journey tales — no warring clans, no Dire wolves or vows of vengeance, no magical rings.

California wildlife officials are poised to decide whether to designate six isolated clans of pumas as endangered or threatened species under state law.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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