11.   Separatists in Abkhazia have no love for Shevardnadze.

12.   The Defense Ministry denied Monday that military bases had been put on heightened alert after intelligence services reportedly warned that Basque separatists may have Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.

13.   Yandarbiyev said the separatists had no objection to Chechens voting in the presidential election.

14.   Bouchard said the separatists would have to do more to spread their message for an independent French-speaking state of Quebec.

15.   Chechen separatists do not have any warplanes or helicopters.

16.   The separatists have yet to react to reports that Zavgayev, whose legitimacy they refuse to accept, will be a party to negotiations.

17.   The Russian government said the separatists also have tanks and artillery.

18.   Russian jets and helicopter gunships are used daily in combating the Chechen rebels and the separatists have no dependable anti-aircraft weapons.

19.   Sikh separatists had for years made the Golden Temple into a fortified complex.

20.   Separatists have continued guerrilla operations and retained several bastions in the south.