It was also widely claimed that the arrest and conviction of Ocalan offers a rare opportunity for Turkey to negotiate a peace settlement with its rebellious Kurdish minority.

Burmese military officials have told Washington that they can do little to suppress heroin production because so much is taking place in areas controlled by rebellious ethnic minorities.

To the House of Saud, which not unreasonably sees enemies everywhere, a rebellious Shiite minority near the kingdom's one strategic asset would be a potential fifth column.

It's a cold-blooded calculation that something of the kind is considerably cheaper than fighting a war or containing a rebellious minority.

The revolt by Mr. Misuari represented a major setback in what had once seemed an important step toward bringing the often rebellious Muslim minority into the national framework.

Advances by Burmese troops against rebellious ethnic minorities along the Thai border are creating a new refugee problem here, with thousands of Burmese seeking shelter and assistance in Thailand.

The new Constitution is unlikely to appease Ethiopia's rebellious minorities.

Some governments say that in order to keep the rebellious minorities down within their own countries they must have a large military strength.

I thought that controlling rebellious minorities was a step that all countries would have to take, but I found that if people discuss and compromise then most disagreements can be solved quite easily.

What is mainly driving Turkey's interest in Kirkuk is the long-term problem of Turkey's own rebellious Kurdish minority, which is 20 percent of its population.