31.   There have long been suspicions of atrocities during the independence war, but the period has been shrouded in secrecy.

32.   They were declared national heroes and buried with full military honors at a shrine outside Harare for ruling party politicians and leaders of the independence war.

33.   Veterans of the independence war threatened on Monday to attack whites, blaming them for inciting a strike that the government plans to quell with troops and police.

34.   Violence has broken out sporadically in Abkhazia since the end of the independence war, despite the presence of Russian peacekeepers.

35.   India backed Bangladesh, the former East Pakistan, in its nine-month independence war, but the relations soured over water-sharing and other issues.

36.   Both Abkhaz and South Ossetian separatists have fought Tbilisi in independence wars in recent years.

37.   The visit was the first official visit to Zagreb at this level since the independence war in Croatia.

38.   Zia and Wajed issued separate statements calling for a strengthening of the democratic process and a continued commitment to the spirit of the independence war.

39.   It was her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who declared from the same park the start of the independence war.

40.   Links between the two have traditionally been strong as both were former French colonies that fought independence wars.