http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4526972.stm Final round of Aceh disarmament By Rachel Harvey BBC News, Jakarta The weapons are being handed over to...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4565612.stm Aceh marks final troop withdrawal Under the peace deal only local troops will remain in Aceh province A...
Interesting article & analysis. Hezbollah are not, fundamentally, a jihadist organization. They are a Shi'ite-communalist (nationalist?) organization oriented...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4595172.stm Spanish army chief sparks furore Lt Gen Jose Mena Aguado said the words were all his own Spanish Defence Minister...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4594242.stm 'Little cheer' from Sudan peace Some people have already gone home after the end of the war Millions of Sudanese...
Received this in the mail. --JPS On Saturday afternoon January 14th the Second Vermont Republic and Vermont Commons (www.vtcommons.org) will sponsor the first...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4623934.stm Nigeria rebels claim more attacks Gunmen attacked an oil installation over the weekend Nigerian militants who say...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4627164.stm Thai violence hits phone networks Phone towers were hit across four southern provinces Suspected Islamic...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4621284.stm Sri Lanka's undeclared civil war Nick Bryant BBC News, north-east Sri Lanka Sri Lanka remains in a...
Creating a micro nation within the UK ? Is it possible ? Follow the example of Western Austalia where secession is allowed and the Hutt River Province made...
... No, it isn't. Hutt River Province isn't recognised by the federal government or the WA state government. It's politely ignored. Apparently there are a few...
Hello, I recently completed an undergrad paper on Secession, largely from a theoretical perspective on group rights. I was awarded an A for this paper. It may...
Sark, one of the Chanel Islands has independence from Britian because it is own by the Queen as a fiefdom.--- In ... government ... are a ... accepted in ... ...
Hey that is prety good. Now Mises wrote ( I think in Liberalism) that democracy was a way to dismiss the leaders without blood shed ( Popper wrote the same...
... It's not fully independent; like all the Channel Islands and like the Isle of Man, it enjoys internal sovereignty, but its external affairs are controlled...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4646864.stm Iran accuses UK of bombing link Ahwaz was rocked by a wave of unrest last year Iran has accused the UK of...
From The Age (Melbourne): 'Prince' free as tax fraud overturned By Peter Gregory January 26, 2006 A SELF-STYLED prince and one of his two sons have been freed...
Don't you just hate that!! WHen big powers support other countries secessions to increase their power visa vi that govt - while suppressing their own of...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4652882.stm Pakistan's battle over Balochistan By Zaffar Abbas BBC News, Islamabad Nawab Akbar Bugti sits in a cave in...
_http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jan2006/spai-j28.shtml_ (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jan2006/spai-j28.shtml) Spain: More military threats against...
... The autonomy of the Channel Island is rather large, even compared to Scotland or Northern Ireland . For example,they issue their own passports ( with...
... For sark , the Lord (seigneur ) ruling his feudal domain . I don't know for Alderney ( I suppose the "states of Alderney" ). Guernesey is an archipelago ....
Sark I think is owned directly by the Queen and Crown with no direct connection with the UK government.The Seigneur is what you might say the head tenant with...
Correction on the legislative body, the governments website says it is one body called The Chief Pleas with 40 reps or 1 for each tenant and 12 reps for the...
... direct ... say ... government ... all ... Porky ... don't ... States and estates: that is the same . When one hear about the States of Guernsey or...