51.   Authorities accused the eight of working with armed Kurdish separatists and originally charged them with treason, which carried the death penalty.

52.   Lightly armed Chechen separatists have rejected the ceasefire since it was announced.

53.   Negotiations are moving forward between police and a handful of armed separatists near this remote west Texas community, authorities said Tuesday.

54.   Negotiations were moving forward between police and a handful of armed separatists near this remote west Texas community, authorities said.

55.   Other policies likely to feature in the government programme include economic reform, greater decentralisation, fighting armed Basque separatists and maintaining social cover, analysts said.

56.   Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested three heavily armed Basque separatists after foiling what they said was a plot to assassinate the Spanish monarch.

57.   Spanish police have arrested three heavily armed Basque separatists after foiling what authorities said Thursday was most likely a plot to assassinate King Juan Carlos.

58.   Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested three heavily armed Basque separatists, foiling what they said was a plot to assassinate the Spanish monarch.

59.   The number of Italians kidnapped by armed separatists in Cabinda has risen to three, informed sources in the Angolan capital Luanda said Friday.