21.   The separatists have demanded that Russian troops withdraw before any vote is held.

22.   The separatists demand more state funding and greater autonomy for the Corsican educational and judicial systems.

23.   The separatists demand sovereignty, while the Georgian government says Abkhazia should accept broad autonomy as part of Georgia.

24.   The separatists demand sovereignty, while the Georgian government says Abkhazia should settle for broad autonomy as part of Georgia.

25.   Timorese separatists have demanded a U.N. peacekeeping force be dispatched to try to contain the violence and save the ballot process.

26.   Timorese separatists have demanded that a referendum be held on self-determination.

27.   Violent protests have broken out in remote eastern provinces where separatists are demanding independence after years of suppression by the old regime of ex-President Suharto.

28.   Violent protests have broken out in remote eastern provinces where separatists are demanding independence.

29.   Azerbaijian categorically refuses to accord autonomy to Nagorno-Karabakh -- except cultural autonomy -- while the Armenian separatists demand sovereignty or at least a merger with neighboring Armenia.

30.   Baku has said it is ready to grant Nagorno Karabakh self rule within Azerbaijan but Armenian separatists are demanding full independence.