21.   The federal government, while opposing Quebec secession, has not spelled out whether it would intervene on behalf of the Crees if the separatists win.

22.   The separatists won de facto control of the enclave and several adjacent regions of Azerbaijan.

23.   There also is the possibility of a legal challenge if the separatists win.

24.   He scoffed at ideas that the separatists could win -- and, initially, the opinion polls showed he was right.

25.   If the separatists win, the Bloc would presumably disappear within a year -- the deadline given by the Quebec Government for completion of independence negotiations with Canada.

26.   But if the separatists do win the election and the referendum, the question of who they would negotiate with remains unanswered.

27.   The separatists won.

28.   On the question of what would happen if separatists won a future referendum in Quebec, Chretien refused to be drawn.

29.   Osama Abder-Rahim runs a computer store in Hull and says he is worried about his future if the separatists win.