11.   Chechen separatists said at the time they had asked Moscow to arrest the unnamed colonel along with two suspected accomplices.

12.   Chechen separatists said Saturday that their capital came under the heaviest Russian shelling in weeks, and fighting centered on two main streets downtown.

13.   East Timorese separatists have said they would like an independent East Timor to benefit from oil recovered off its coast.

14.   Four well-known Kashmiri separatists Thursday said they were ready for unconditional talks with Indian officials to end the insurgency in the northern Indian state.

15.   Kashmiri separatists said on Monday night they may kill their five Western hostages any time now, and the American captive asked his nation and India to save them.

16.   Quebec separatists say the secession question should be settled by voters, not judges.

17.   Quebec separatists say the plan gives them too little, while the west says it gives Quebec too much.

18.   Separatists say this would backfire.

19.   Russian troops said Sunday they captured the rebel stronghold of Vedeno in southern Chechnya, but Chechen separatists said the Russians had not gained control of the town.

20.   Separatists say limited autonomy is not enough, and they bristle at the bureaucrats sent by Paris to run many public functions.