1.   OTTAWA - Canadian government says Quebec separatist plan to declare independence is illegal, as Canadians brace for new secessionist drive in the French-speaking province.

2.   Moscow sent troops into Chechnya last December to oust Dudayev and end his secessionist drive.

3.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent in troops three years later to put down the secessionist drive, led by Dudayev.

4.   Serbs say they had to quash a terrorist-led secessionist drive.

5.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent in troops three years later to put down the secessionist drive led by Dzhokhar Dudayev.

6.   Serbs say they had to quash a terrorist-led secessionist drive, a contention Milosevic underscored Thursday.

7.   The agreement came nearly a year after Russian troops poured into Chechnya to put down the secessionist drive of leader Dzhokhar Dudayev.

8.   The agreement Friday came nearly a year after Russian troops poured into Chechnya to crush the secessionist drive of leader Dzhokhar Dudayev.

9.   When Russian troops poured into Chechnya in December to put down the secessionist drive, many officers and soldiers balked.

10.   Hundreds of policemen and paramilitary troops had been deployed in Srinagar, the urban hub of a Moslem secessionist drive, to thwart the sit-in, police said.