1.   The militants were publicizing demands for political status to be conferred on their imprisoned leader Patricio Baquerizo whom they wanted released.

2.   It also insisted that the FMLN could not be granted political status until it had disarmed.

3.   And by its very nature, our present political status is a transitory one.

4.   Another divisive question concerns the final political status of the Kosovo region.

5.   Barak arrives with one eye on the Palestinians and another on his own shaky political status at home.

6.   After an escape attempt, McGeown was stripped of his political status and its privileges.

7.   But she emphasized that no agreement would involve changes in the political status of Northern Ireland opposed by its Protestant majority.

8.   But Taiwan refuses to negotiate about its political status, insisting that China must acknowledge that Taiwan is already a sovereign, separate country in practice.

9.   But the same polls indicate that most Quebeckers want to secure some sort of special political status short of full independence.

10.   But the real test will come, Israeli officials say, in negotiations over the future of Jerusalem and the ultimate political status of the West Bank.