1.   The annual parade, in which Protestant residents express their support of keeping the province part of Britain, has sparked clashes in the past.

2.   Most Kosovo Albanians continue to insist on independence, but the United Nations considers their province part of Serbia, and there are no international plans to change that.

3.   Most of the threats were allegedly coming from militias battling to keep the province part of Indonesia.

4.   SERBS They demand Kosovo province stay part of Serbia, the dominant republic of Yugoslavia, and that no NATO troops enter the country to implement a political settlement.

5.   Canadian separatists lost the election by a wafer-thin majority, leaving the francophone province part of Canada.