1.   In one separatist province, Aceh, the right to apply Islamic law locally is likely to be a demand in any autonomy proposals.

2.   Russia objects to the violent methods Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has used against the separatist Kosovo province, but says the conflict should be settled through talks.

3.   The talks, in Rambouillet, outside Paris, have been called to force an end to the conflict in the separatist Serbian province.

4.   Those who have stayed, like Exxon Mobil, have ridden a roller coaster as Wahid presided over mounting strife in separatist provinces like Aceh.

5.   Parliament approved economic sanctions against the restive Crimean peninsula Thursday but voted down a proposal to annul the autonomy of the separatist Black Sea province.

6.   Rebels in separatist Kosovo province appeared to be losing on one front and winning big on another this weekend.

7.   A day earlier, on Sunday, gunmen opened fire on a car in the separatist province, killing two people and kidnapping one, according to news reports.

8.   A rare daytime bombing in Kosovo injured at least nine people Saturday outside a government-owned bank as violence persisted in the separatist province despite ongoing peace talks.

9.   Abkhazian officials said Georgia took a much more aggressive stance toward their separatist province after the U.S. announcement.

10.   American diplomats tried their best Tuesday to persuade ethnic Albanian representatives to meet their Serb counterparts for talks on the future of the separatist Kosovo province.