1.   Many analysts believe that the separatists have a good shot at winning next time.

2.   Recent polls suggest the separatists have a slight edge.

3.   The sense of deja vu could explain why separatists have had trouble firing emotions in the current campaign.

4.   The Valley separatists may have good local reasons for going it alone, but they will be trading some national buzz for the better buses they deserve.

5.   To move toward independence, Quebec separatists would have to win a provincial election later this year.

6.   Yet even with that new platform the separatists had trouble firing up voters.

7.   Yet even with that new platform, the separatists had trouble firing up voters.

8.   An eight-year Muslim separatist uprising there has driven creativity underground, Kashmiri artists say.

9.   FEATURE-CANADA-QUEBEC-NEVER SAY DIE, separatists have hope despite defeat.

10.   For all practical purposes, separatists already have full political and military control of Chechen territory as well as the overwhelming support of its residents.