Sentence examples for separatist demands from inspiring English sources

Nor would India welcome an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka, lest it should stir up separatist demands in its own province of Tamil Nadu.

With the granting of independence to East Timor, even though its circumstances are different, there are growing separatist demands from other provinces.

The concern over refugees and possible separatist demands among Kurds in Turkey were among the issues discussed at the meeting between Turkish government officials and Iraqi Kurdish leaders.

The Turkish government fears the rise of an autonomous Kurdish state in northern Iraq, which could rekindle separatist demands among Kurds in southeastern Turkey.

Mr Singh has the armed strength to scare people and order killings but, in an interview, he implied that he would drop his separatist demands in exchange for recognition and a seat at the table.

Turkish officials are concerned that the war could give rise to an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq and rekindle separatist demands among the Kurdish population in southeastern Turkey.

This week it was reported that Xanana Gusmao, the leader of East Timor's resistance, currently being held under house arrest, will be released after the referendum.The winners will also have to deal with other separatists' demands in provinces such as Aceh and Irian Jaya.

The raid was aimed at flushing out armed separatists demanding an independent Sikh homeland.

The court endorsed most of the charter but struck out a legal claim to nationhood, among other points that Catalan separatists demanded.

It revealed new worries: about a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Naples in September, and a grand "world food summit" of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, scheduled for Rome in November.Corsican separatists demanded a general amnesty and the release of around 40 "political prisoners" from French jails as an immediate part of a government plan to bring peace to the island.

The men were Indonesian separatists demanding Dutch support for their claim of independence.