21.   Separatist rebels announced Tuesday that they were abandoning the Chechen capital and would carry out attacks on Russian forces from the mountains and countryside of the breakaway republic.

22.   Separatist rebels in that conflict fought unprepared Russian troops to a standstill and made Grozny a battered symbol of their resistance.

23.   Separatist rebels and Serbian police have been fighting in the mainly ethnic Albanian town in Kosovo for five days.

24.   Separatist rebels in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur have ambushed a police convoy, killing eight policemen and four civilians.

25.   Separatist rebels also shot down a helicopter supporting troops in a battle near the base.

26.   Separatist rebels in the northeastern state of Manipur ambushed a police convoy in April.

27.   The army had earlier maintained that separatist Tamil rebels had committed the crime.

28.   The military uses the word, in English, for its search-and-destroy missions when it hunts for separatist rebels.

29.   The scenic Kashmir valley was a haven for adventurous tourists like Hutchings until separatist Muslim rebels began taking up arms against the Indian regime about five years ago.

30.   The situation in Grozny, which separatist rebels took back from Russian forces over the last two weeks, remains tense.