91.  It wants to reduce Western dependence on Persian Gulf pipelines and to reduce the reliance of the newly independent Caspian states on Russian pipelines.

92.  It was followed by a panel discussion in which the United States was described as an evil empire that has occupied a formerly independent state of ethnic Serbs.

93.  It was to be the dawn of an independent Palestinian state, but Tuesday ended up just another day on the edge of peace.

94.  Its main goal is an independent Islamic state.

95.  Karadzic, however, still seeks an independent state.

96.  Last month both President Bush and Powell endorsed the concept of an independent Palestinian state as a goal of negotiations.

97.  Many Palestinians believe they are on their way to an independent state.

98.  Mass immunization should be strengthened, particularly in the newly independent states.

99.  Macedonia has also declared itself an independent state, and Serbia and Montenegro have declared the formation of a joint independent state.

100.  Milosevic rejected the plan, fearing that self-rule for Albanians would quickly lead to an independent state.