21.   Netanyahu has ruled out a Palestinian state, offering limited autonomy instead.

22.   Still, Milosevic has offered Kosovo autonomy, which likely would mean ethnic Albanians would govern.

23.   The Comoros government on Thursday offered broad autonomy to the two breakaway Indian Ocean islands in exchange for the unified island-state.

24.   The Georgian government has offered autonomy but the secessionists want independence.

25.   The government has offered limited autonomy to run the local government.

26.   The government has offered limited autonomy, but that did not satisfy the rebels.

27.   The Marxist group also wants Kumaratunga to withdraw a proposed referendum on a new constitution offering wide autonomy to the provinces in a bid to end the war.

28.   In a separate television interview, Kumaratunga said her government will present its revised proposals offering greater autonomy to minority Tamils once the Tigers were subdued by the military.

29.   Peace talks sponsored by the OSCE stalled recently as the Baku government offered autonomy for the enclave, but Karabakh Armenians continue to insist on independence.

30.   The government has offered political autonomy to Tamils in exchange for peace but the exact form of devolution has not been worked out.