101.   As officials see it, the Sudanese government wants assurances of a unified state and will allow a degree of autonomy for the south.

102.   At the same time, it envisions a special status and a large degree of autonomy for Trans-Dniester.

103.   At the time, Georgia agreed to start talks about possible autonomy for Abkhazia, but prospects were later clouded after Abkhazia declared independence.

104.   Attacks by the Islamic government on Christian and animists seeking autonomy for southern Sudan have angered U.S. religious groups.

105.   Badal is fighting to gain ascendancy over the Sikh religious leaders, who have great influence in Punjab and continue to push for more autonomy for Sikhs there.

106.   Belgrade claims it is ready to discuss greater autonomy for Kosovo, including Albanian-language education and other concessions long denied by Milosevic.

107.   Belo has called for greater autonomy for East Timor, the only Roman Catholic area in Muslim Indonesia.

108.   Basque militants have waged a sometimes violent struggle for greater autonomy for their regions in France and Spain.

109.   Both are seeking autonomy for Iraqi Kurdish areas but they are at sharp odds over what policy to adopt toward the central government in Baghdad to achieve their objective.

110.   Bossi has organized dozens of anti-government rallies in his drive to gain autonomy for the area of northern Italy his Northern League party calls Padania.