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...
Paris has also been very good at exploiting Corsican clan rivalries (an endemic problem on the island), lending support to various factions to offset...
... It's a shame the referendum on additional powers failed...last year was it? It would've made Corsica the first region in hexagonal France to have actual...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4315126.stm Nigeria oil rebel treason charge Asari says he wants Ijaws to benefit more from Nigeria's oil wealth A Nigerian...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4327008.stm Political respite for Kashmir? By Paul Reynolds World Affairs correspondent, BBC News website The earthquake...
Philippines grants MILF own gov't, charter ‘An agreement in principle’ First posted 01:50am (Mla time) Oct 13, 2005 By Gerry Lirio Inquirer News Service ...
Right to Secession Provisions of Constitutions of Ethiopia and Kitts & Nivis Constitution of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia { Adopted: 8 Dec 1994...
What I have so far: Collin S. Ferguson Power and Difference Paper Thesis 10/19/2005 Thesis: Large Nation-States embody large territorial spaces and manages...
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051029/NEWS/510290372/1002 Advocates urge 'Get out of U.S.' October 29, 2005 By David Gram Associated...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4398702.stm Spain approves Catalonia autonomy Catalan politicians celebrated the support from the parliament Spain's...
Congratulations to our friends in Catalonia, this is clearly the first step towards secession, and hopefully individual secession ;) I do not like the fact...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4418132.stm Nigeria separatist treason charge Mr Uwazurike was picked up last month Nigeria has charged the leader of a...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1108/p01s04-uspo.html 'YES' TO SECEDE: Karl Novak poses with Thomas Naylor (r.), founder of the Second Vermont Republic, at the...
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org is the online encyclopedia in which all can participate. They have somewhat arbitrary review rules that tend to cause...
[Not national secession, but interesting nonetheless. --JPS] http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/11102005/news/72318.htm N.H. commission meets about Killington...
In the right to seccession provisions for Ethiopia, it clearly is up to the established government of Ethiopia to determine what constitutes a people, an...
Please don't quote entire digests: imagine the cascade if everyone did. -- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/ "How'd ya like to climb this high *without* no...
In the latest issue of Vermont Commons (not yet available online), Kirkpatrick Sale has an overview of United States secession websites. Here are the sites he...
Mercia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what is now England,...
Popular Facts About "Mercia" Mercia was conquered in the 10th century AD by Wessex. Since then it has remained in forin hands, now being ruled from London. ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4478818.stm Salmond hails independence plans Alex Salmond launched his blueprint for independence A blueprint to...
This could be a defining moment for Spain, as time moves this plan forwards the Basques' are sure to press for a similar arrangement. Rightfully so in my...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4482048.stm China's grip on Xinjiang Muslims By Quentin Sommerville BBC News, Xinjiang Xinjiang's Uighurs fear they are...
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