11.   India has beefed up security and intensified operations against separatist guerrillas in the region ahead of Republic Day celebrations later this month, the police said.

12.   Kosovo first became a flashpoint in the spring when separatist guerrillas of the Kosovo Liberation Army started attacking Serbian policemen and institutions and briefly held some territory.

13.   Many of the victims were suspected of maintaining ties to the separatist guerrilla army that calls itself the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK.

14.   Russian troops are still fighting separatist guerrillas in Chechnya, but Bush is unlikely to dwell on that as he lands in Russia for the first time this week.

15.   Russian officials insist that their planes and artillery are targeting only sites that could be useful to the separatist guerrillas of Chechnya.

16.   Separatist guerrillas have also used brutal tactics against their enemies.

17.   Separatist guerrillas have targeted public buildings and tourist sites for more than two decades in their campaign to gain more autonomy from Paris.

18.   Separatist guerrillas who had become dormant in the hills grew active again.

19.   The company shut down the fields in March, after its employees were menaced by separatist guerrillas.

20.   The group has three members in Parliament and has cooperated with the government in fighting against the Tamil Tigers, a separatist guerrilla army.