1.   Chechen commanders pledged loyalty to a new leader, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, vice president of what the separatists call the nation of Ichkeria.

2.   Separatists have called for a boycott of the celebration.

3.   Over the years, the separatists have called for negotiations on Basque independence.

4.   A Kashmiri party assumed power in the insurgency-wracked Indian state Wednesday, as a protest strike called by separatists partially shut down the state capital.

5.   Kashmiri separatists on Monday called for a strike in Jammu-Kashmir to stall the upcoming elections.

6.   Separatists have called for a boycott of the poll and have demanded a referendum on independence instead.

7.   The Spanish government congratulated people in the northern Basque and Navarre regions on Friday for ignoring a general strike called by separatists, saying it demonstrated they supported peace.

8.   Usually, the separatists call strikes as anti-India demonstrations.

9.   Indian authorities placed thousands of security personnel on alert in Srinagar after Moslem separatists called for an immediate protest strike.

10.   Indian authorities placed thousands of securitymen on alert in Srinagar after Moslem separatists called for a shutdown which paralysed life in the region.