11.   India has accepted an offer by four well-known Kashmiri separatists for unconditional talks aimed at ending the insurgency in Kashmir, officials said Tuesday.

12.   India has said it is ready to talk to Muslim rebels, but only after they vow to end the insurgency.

13.   Islamic rebels clashed with government troops Monday in the mountains of central Tajikistan, while the president appeared to have ended an insurgency in the south of the country.

14.   It also borders neighboring Macedonia, where a Western-sponsored peace agreement in August ended an insurgency last year by ethnic Albanian rebels.

15.   Macedonian authorities have threatened to wipe out the rebels and end the insurgency, which many fear could spread to other Balkan regions.

16.   Peace talks to end the insurgency have been stalled.

17.   Peace talks to end the insurgency have stalled.

18.   Religious leaders and political opponents have criticized Museveni for failing to end insurgencies in northern and western Uganda.

19.   Senior government ministers and Maoist guerrilla leaders continued their second round of peace talks for a second day Friday in a bid to end the insurgency.

20.   Six months ago, a Western-brokered accord ended an insurgency by ethnic Albanians demanding better treatment from the Macedonian majority.