41.   But these were still bonds issued by independent states, with their own national assets and formal standing in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

42.   But they added that Sharon has already set such strict preconditions for an independent Palestinian state that the vote makes no practical difference.

43.   China continues to view Taiwan as a detached province, not an independent state, and Taiwan has only informal diplomatic relations with the US and most other countries.

44.   Clinton has shifted away from the position she took two years ago, before entering the race, supporting an independent Palestinian state.

45.   Chaudhuri drew upon his personal experiences as he chronicled the transformation of India from British colony to independent state.

46.   Croatian Serbs occupy about a third of Croatian territory and have declared an independent state in the Krajina region.

47.   Determined to found Eelam, an independent Tamil state, the Tigers last April broke a six-month cease-fire by sending suicide frogmen to sink two navy gunboats.

48.   Does the Palestinian self-rule entity in Gaza and the West Bank become an independent state, a federation with Jordan or something else?

49.   Earlier this year, Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were working on a peace deal that would have carved an independent Palestinian state out of Israel.

50.   Ethnic Albanians vow to achieve autonomy, or even independent states, in Kosovo and western Macedonia.