21.   In the former Portuguese colony of East Timor, another region where separatist rebels operate, fighting between groups that oppose and support independence left two people dead.

22.   In the former Portuguese colony of East Timor, another region where separatist rebels operate, fighting between groups that oppose and support independence left two separatists dead.

23.   Instead, the officials promised to persuade the government to initiate development projects in Sulu province, the area where the rebels operate.

24.   Interviewed after the massacre, Ruiz Ferro tried to justify the existance of the paramilitary groups given that Zapatista rebels operate in the region.

25.   Interviewed after the massacre, Ruiz Ferro tried to justify the existence of the paramilitary groups given that Zapatista rebels operate in the region.

26.   It said he was arrested in eastern Congo near the borders with Rwanda and Uganda, in an area where Congolese rebels operate, and accused of spying.

27.   Kosovo Albanian rebels operate from sanctuaries in Albania.

28.   Leftist Colombian rebels operate in the area near where the plane disappeared.

29.   Libya proposed investments, particularly in palm oil production on the main southern island of Mindanao, where Muslim secessionist rebels operate, he said.

30.   Kurdish rebels also operate out of northern Iraq.