But a rebel spokesman said the truce did not mean that the rebels had abandoned their campaign for a separate homeland in the northeast.

The Tamil Tigers have been fighting for a separate homeland for 17 years.

If apartheid cannot be maintained, the Conservatives want the country partitioned into separate homelands for whites and blacks.

Black separatists also often seek a separate homeland.

It is a large world, divided into separate 'homelands' for each of its fairy races.

Instead, it looks certain to become more militant in demanding a separate white homeland.

Mohammed Iqbal first raised the issue of a separate Muslim homeland in 1930.

Rebel groups have been fighting there for 25 years for a separate Muslim homeland.

The rebels, who are fighting for a separate homeland, said their cease-fire would begin on Sunday at midnight.

The Bodos want a separate homeland, although they form at most 30 to 40 percent of the population in the areas they claim.