61.   Presidency member Momcilo Krajisnik, who supports the idea of a separate Bosnian Serb state, was missing without explanation.

62.   Philippine officials have said the establishment of a separate state is unconstitutional and unacceptable.

63.   Police blamed the killings on the United Liberation Front of Assam, an underground organization that is fighting to create a separate state for Assamese-speaking people.

64.   A coloured political party demanding a separate state has recently formed to defend coloured rights, modeled along the lines of white extremist groups.

65.   A top Iraqi opposition leader insisted on Wednesday that Shiite Muslims do not want to set up a separate state in southern Iraq.

66.   A top European Union diplomat was scheduled to mediate negotiatons EU officials hope will help prevent the two-republic Yugoslav federation from splitting into two separate states.

67.   A separate state, though a long-running ambition of the Tamil Tigers, is not a rebel prerequisite for the talks.

68.   Abu Sayyaf is the smaller but the more militant of two remaining Muslim rebel groups still fighting for a separate Muslim state in the southern Philippines.

69.   A top Iraqi opposition leader insisted Wednesday that Shiite Muslims do not want to set up a separate state in southern Iraq.

70.   Among the most critical issues in the collapsing peace process is whether Arafat will declare a separate Palestinian state.