http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4134160.stm Sudan launches Garang crash probe John Garang symbolised southerners' hopes for 20 years A Sudanese committee has...
CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada: Poll: Westerners considering separation Over a third of western Canadians are in favor of secession. Separation fever is strongest in...
... The others being Idaho and Wyoming, or what? -- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/ "How'd ya like to climb this high *without* no mountain?" --Porky Pine...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4144142.stm Kiir 'wants to keep united Sudan' Salva Kiir says he will work together with President Omar al-Bashir Salva Kiir,...
[Indonesia's movements toward democracy have probably helped make an autonomy compromise stick. --JPS] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4151980.stm Aceh...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4166166.stm Kurdish rebels declare ceasefire The PKK has declared several unilateral ceasefires before The Kurdish rebel...
Revised 6/6/05---major changes----proposed amendments for regional houses of representatives and senates(or unicameral legislatures) in addition to existing...
... The first time around, I asked how devolution is supposed to address these alleged lacks of central policy. But now I get it: the "be that as it may"...
I'm under no illusions Anton that devolution is a cure all. To me at this juncture in time it symbolically represents applying a tourniquet to a severely...
Aloha, 50th State When affirmative reparations clash with minority rights, maybe it's time to cut the federal cord _Matt Welch_ (mailto:mwelch@...) ...
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I'm happy to hear about the Hawaiian secession movement. It's quite disgusting what some Americans did there. Grover Cleveland knew this, and that's why he did...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4198308.stm Aceh separatists granted amnesty Rebels freed under the amnesty are asked to fingerprint documents ...
...For daring to mention its government's genocides against the Armenians and Kurds. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4243102.stm EU blasts Turkish...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4267104.stm Nigeria militia violence threat Asari was arrested on Tuesday Separatists in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta...
[There is speculation that after the 2007 elections the SNP and Liberal Democrats could make a coalition and call a referendum on independence. --JPS] ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4278232.stm Puerto Rico rebel's fate unclear Ojeda Rios' supporters took to the streets after news of the gunfight The fate...
... Most resources are in Spanish, but check out the English webpage for the Puerto Rican Independence Party: http://www.independencia.net/ingles/welcome.html ...
[Not a secession movement, but an ethnic autonomy movement all the same. --JPS] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4285920.stm Botswana bushmen leaders in court...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4292678.stm Somaliland in first vote for MPs The government fears al-Qaeda attacks during the election Voters in Somaliland...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4297070.stm China given warning on Xinjiang Some Uighurs resent an influx of Chinese settlers to the region China's...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4299420.stm Chirac condemns Corsica explosion By Alasdair Sandford BBC News, Paris The arrest of sailors who hijacked a ferry...
Thanks for telling us about Corsica, Jason. I imagine there are similar movements in nearby Sardinia as well? It reminds us of the nature that geography plays...
... Yes, the main Sardinian nationalist party is the Sardinian Action Party, but smaller, more radical pro-independence parties also sometimes contest ...
One of the reasons the majority of 'Corsicans' oppose independence is due to the presence of many French loyalist 'Pieds Noirs' from Algeria, who were...
... True... I think the 'pieds noirs' represent at most 10% of the population of Corsica, however. Of course, if independence ever does get something close to...
It sounds like this is yet another case in which socialism leads to "balkanization." What happens is that the more productive people get fed up with giving...
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