11.   In Assam, a state neighboring Tripura, a parliamentary candidate was shot and killed by suspected separatists Wednesday.

12.   In another attack, suspected separatists shot three Hindus at point-blank range early Tuesday in the southern Kashmir district of Udhampur, police said.

13.   Independence leaders claim torture, by electric shock and other means, was used frequently by Indonesian troops on suspected separatists.

14.   No one claimed responsibility but authorities suspected separatists.

15.   On Wednesday, suspected Tamil separatists fired mortars at an Independence Day celebration at an airforce base in Batticalao, injuring four airmen and a soldier.

16.   Police arrested four suspected Basque separatists Friday, dismantling a commando group apparently created to replace one that blew itself up by accident in August, the government said.

17.   Police raided a house after a Tamil youth detained at a roadblock told them that several suspected separatists were living there.

18.   Pvt. Mario da Costa, a soldier who was stabbed by suspected separatists, was buried in a military cemetery.

19.   Reports that a governing party town councilor had foiled a kidnapping attempt by suspected Basque separatist were called into doubt Friday.

20.   Serb authorities launched a crackdown against suspected separatists earlier this month.