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• n  an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)
• s  having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude

• Five years ago this week, separatist rebels attacked a small school in Beslan in North Ossetia.
• A separatist attempt to form a breakaway nation of indigenous people on Nicaragua's jungle shores has the legendary Mosquito Coast buzzing once again and posing a dilemma for .
• THE separatist cause espoused by the Quebec Liberation Front is nothing new either to the province or Canada.

• separationist
• breakaway
• fissiparous

News & Articles

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• Indian PM in rare visit to Kashmir after attack on soldiers
  By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a rare visit to restive Kashmir on Tuesday, a day after militants killed eight soldiers in an ambush, the bloodiest in a series of attacks since India hanged a separatist in February. Separatists called a general strike to coincide with the visit by Singh and Sonia Gandhi, leader of the ruling Congress party. The ...
  June 25, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• ULFA leader Chetia seeks repatriation to India
  DHAKA: Separatist ULFA leader Anup Chetia, imprisoned in Bangladesh, has sought his repatriation to India along with two other detained members of the outfit, officials said today.
  June 22, 2013 - INDOlink
• Mali signs ceasefire deal with Tuareg separatist rebels
  By Mathieu Bonkoungou OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Mali signed a ceasefire deal with Tuareg separatist rebels on Tuesday, paving the way for government troops to return to the northern, rebel-held town of Kidal before a presidential election next month. At the heart of a region plagued by poverty and Islamic militancy, Mali won a 3.25 billion euros Western aid package last month aimed at shoring up ...
  June 19, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Guardian Unlimited
  As long as we are firmly bound together, the treacherous separatist terrorist attacks will never reach their goal,Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a message ahead of Oct. 29 celebrations marking the 84th anniversary of the Turkish republic.
• Michael Hayden in Reuters South Africa
  You've got this nexus now that probably was always there in latency but is now active: a nexus between al-Qaeda and various extremist and separatist groups,Hayden said in the interview.
• Yasser Arafat in AFP
  We will not allow the creation of a separatist entity, no matter what the price,Yasser Abed Rabbo told a press conference. "The plot aiming to separate Gaza from the West Bank will not pass."