BBC NEWS Montenegro declares independence Montenegro has formally declared independence from its union with Serbia in a special session of parliament in the...
-- 16,000 seek refuge as Burma's troops destroy villages / John Aglionby in Ei Tu Hta As soon as Sayc Pler Paw saw her brother's body, she knew that everyone...
[Apologies for multiple postings. Yahoo is garbling posts... UJ] 'Algeria will no longer be an obsession' / Florence Beauge follows a few of the thousands of...
Sadly, the italics did not survive the cut-and-paste. The 'colon' here is French for colonist or settler, and does not refer to the lower intestine. I thought...
BBC NEWS Inside Russia's Caucasus cauldron By Steve Rosenberg BBC Moscow correspondent, North Caucasus "So, you want to know why the North Caucasus is so...
BBC NEWS Nigeria militants 'free' hostages Five South Koreans kidnapped during a raid on a Nigeria oil field in which five soldiers were killed have been...
BBC NEWS Madrid marchers reject Eta talks At least 200,000 people marched through Madrid on Saturday, demanding the government call off planned peace talks...
Assam: The ULFA Bombs its Way to Peace Talks Wasbir Hussain Guwahati-based political analyst and Associate Fellow, Institute for Conflict Management, New Delhi...
Political Disunity Mars Chechen Rebel Strategy in the North Caucasus By Andrei Smirnov [From: Chechnya Weekly (The Jamestown Foundation, USA) June 8, 2006 -...
[Interesting by-product of the Chechen conflict.] Growing Anti-Chechen Sentiment in Azerbaijan Anar Valiyev [From: Chechnya Weekly (The Jamestown Foundation,...
[Note the possible option of Kosovo fusing with Albania is being studiously avoided. And if Bosnia-Herzegovina were actually to fragment into its component...
BBC NEWS Montenegro recognition speeds up Many European countries, along with China and the United States, have now recognised Montenegro's independence - but...
Iran's Kurdish Threat: PJAK By James Brandon [From: Terrorism Monitor (The Jamestown Foundation, USA) Volume 4, Issue 12, 15 June 2006] As Iran faces...
BBC NEWS Montenegro gets Serb recognition Serbia has recognised Montenegro as an independent state, after the country's vote to break away from Belgrade. ...
BBC NEWS Rebel leader 'killed' in Chechnya Chechen separatist rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Saydullayev has been killed in a police operation, Russian and...
BBC NEWS Catalonia endorses autonomy plan Catalan voters have backed plans to give their region greater independence from Madrid. Around 75% of voters backed...
BBC NEWS Long jail terms for Kurd attack Two Turkish paramilitary officers have been jailed for nearly 40 years each for trying to kill a supporter of the...
-- Books / Voice of the unpeople / Freedom Next Time by John Pilger / Reviewed by Mark Curtis Freedom Next Time by John Pilger Bantam 352pp, GBP17.99...
-- Catalonia leads way with yes vote for autonomy / Giles Tremlett in Madrid Spain helped settle political tensions in Catalonia last weekend with a referendum...
Chechnya Veteran militant takes charge Chechnya's beleaguered separatist movement has appointed an experienced militant commander, Doka Umarov, as its new...
New Gypsy Vision for the Future The Roma use tactics from the U.S. civil rights struggle to seek equal access to education and new opportunities for their...
In Remotest Indonesia, Unfinished Business Fear, Distrust, Insurgency Simmer in Papua By Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, June 25, 2006;...
BBC NEWS Balochistan: Resources-rich and volatile Pakistani security forces in Balochistan are fighting armed tribal separatists who say the province's natural...
BBC NEWS Serbia's PM vows to keep Kosovo The Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica has said Kosovo will always remain part of Serbia, during a visit to the...
BBC NEWS Spain PM ready to open Eta talks The Spanish prime minister has said his government will begin talks with the banned Basque separatist group Eta. The...
Sri Lankan military directly implicated in two atrocities Sat, 2006-07-01 01:43 By Nanda Wickremasinghe â€" World Socialist Web Site An escalating conflict...
[This is the first I've heard of a separatist movement in Bolivia's eastern Santa Cruz province. At first glance it appears to be motivated by economic...
150,000 Bolivians Rally to Demand Autonomy By ALVARO ZUAZO Associated Press Writer SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) -- About 150,000 people demanded autonomy for ...
China's high-altitude train arrives in Tibet By China correspondent John Taylor and wires The first train on the world's highest railway has arrived in Tibet, ...