Zorica Pancit, 33, a dental receptionist, who was shopping at Muncan Meat Market for cold cuts, said Americans would be upset if one of the original 13 colonies suddenly declared itself a separate country.
In August 1990, wary of Moldovan nationalism and the potential for Moldovan unification with Romania, Transnistria declared itself a separate Soviet Socialist Republic, apparently missing the memo on the impending collapse of the Soviet Union.
Kerry applauded opposition groups for showing the "courage" to separate themselves from al-Nusra, which has declared itself officially separated from al-Qaida, but which is considered by the US still to be an al-Qaida affiliate.
It read like a missive from an alternate history in which Plessy v. Ferguson, the ruling from 1896, in which the Supreme Court declared itself satisfied with "separate but equal," was still celebrated as the law of the land.
Mr. Pickering took the action after Prime Minister Zhu Rongji warned the Taiwanese not to vote for a pro-independence presidential candidate, saying China would invade before allowing Taiwan to declare itself a separate country.
Note: Contrary to a prevInus versiother this article, Louis Marinelli is no longer the head of the California National Party, and the party has specified its political platform since February.
Havel was referring to the possibility that Czechoslovakia would soon be split in two: that the Slovak Republic--roughly, the eastern third of the country--would declare itself a free and separate state.
Under the communist government, religious functions were declared entirely separate from state functions.
As a result of their efforts, Banten was declared a separate province in 2000.
