11.   A strike called by separatists in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur Saturday marred a pre-election visit by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, officials said.

12.   Chechen separatists called for three days of national mourning in their country for civilians killed in offensives by Russian troops since the signing of peace accords.

13.   Moslem separatists called a general strike in Kashmir Thursday as Indian Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda began a tour of the troubled Himalayan state, inaugurating a power project.

14.   Moslem separatists have called for a boycott of the polls and threatened to sabotage the elections.