1.   At the same time, snow machines have gotten faster, and more and more territory has become open to them.

2.   If the territory becomes treacherous, then the decision to be made becomes simple.

3.   The territory has become a hothouse for Internet companies that are focusing on the mainland.

4.   President B.J. Habibie announced in January that the government would allow the half-island territory to become fully independent if its people rejected a plan for limited self-government.

5.   A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that residents of Puerto Rico cannot vote in presidential elections unless the island territory becomes a state or the Constitution is amended.

6.   A treaty dividing offshore oil reserves near East Timor between Indonesia and Australia will have to be renegotiated if the territory becomes independent, the Indonesian government said Wednesday.

7.   Kawamura said the ministers emphasized the need for a direct vote on whether the violence-wracked territory should become independent from Indonesia.

8.   President B.J. Habibie announced in January that the government would allow the territory to become fully independent if its people reject a plan for limited self-government.

9.   Sweden established diplomatic relations with East Timor on Sunday, the same day the former Indonesian territory became independent.

10.   The Saharans are to decide whether the Italy-sized territory should become independent or a part of Morocco.