1.   Beijing has expressed a willingness to talk to the DPP on the reunification of China, but has warned the party to end its support for independence cause.

2.   But, like many other former independence supporters, Chen has appeared to soften his views and is not as active as before in the independence cause.

3.   German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel expressed disappointment Friday that only two out of eight Turkish MPs convicted of supporting the Kurdish independence cause had been successful in their appeals.

4.   He was temporarily freed Monday to act as a mediator for the rebels and to publicise their independence cause.

5.   In the campaign, he has been accused of using democracy as a front to further the independence cause.

6.   TIN is a London-based clearinghouse for news about Tibet that is sympathetic to the Tibetan independence cause.

7.   Momberg was temporarily freed Monday to act as a mediator for the rebels and to publicise their independence cause.