21.   A veteran independence leader in this U.S. commonwealth has become the first Puerto Rican citizen of his generation.

22.   Aditjondro said that last August, senior Indonesia military officers had visited the jailed East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmao in his Jakarta prison.

23.   An ethnic Albanian independence leader called Friday for an international conference to discuss the political status of Kosovo, the majority-Albanian province in southern Serbia.

24.   Belarusian independence leaders said they hoped the result would energize reformers in their government.

25.   Comparing Mandela to Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, Tony Leon of the mostly white liberal Democratic Party said Mandela was an example to all South Africans.

26.   Daughter of assassinated Burmese independence leader Aung San, Suu Kyi spent six years under house arrest until the military released her in July.

27.   Downer will also visit East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmao, who remains under house arrest in Jakarta.

28.   Earlier Monday, Adams placed a wreath at a monument to Cuban independence leader Jose Marti.

29.   East Timorese independence leader and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos Horta dismissed Thursday hints Indonesia would move to grant the territory independence.

30.   East Timorese independence leaders criticized the United Nations on Wednesday for being too slow in providing humanitarian aid and security to hundreds of thousands of homeless refugees.