Dec 8th, 2008 · Pakistan's military says it has launched operations against militants suspected of being involved in last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Pakistani soldiers raided a compound of the Kashmiri separatist group Lashkar-e-Taiba on Sunday, but exactly who was arrested remains unclear.
Nov 17th, 2008 · The man authorities say is the military leader of the Basque separatist rebel group ETA — Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina — is in custody in southwestern France.
Oct 29th, 2008 · Generals have been publicly criticized for their handling of the conflict with Kurd separatists, and at least three former officials have been accused of ties to a group accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The army has long been considered a sacred institution.
Aug 29th, 2008 · A separatist enclave in Moldova could be the next place Russia will try to assert its control over the former Soviet republics.
Aug 15th, 2008 · Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi with the goal of getting Russian combat forces out of the former Soviet country. Rice is carrying a draft cease-fire that requires Russia to withdraw combat troops and allows peacekeepers to remain in the flash-point separatist region.
Aug 14th, 2008 · A series of attacks in the Xinjiang region of northwest China have raised concern about Muslim separatists, who the government says is responsible for the violence. Host Michel Martin talks to Dru Gladney, president of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College, about understanding the religious and political goals of the diverse Muslim community in China.
Aug 13th, 2008 · Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's leadership during the war with Russia has sparked mixed reviews. Supporters describe his actions as courageous, while detractors say he used bad judgment, ignoring warnings when he tried to recapture the separatist enclave of South Ossetia.
Aug 12th, 2008 · Russia says it has halted military action in Georgia, but Georgia says that's not true. Russian forces invaded that former Soviet nation last week and have been fighting the Georgian military over control of the separatist region of South Ossetia.