Aragonia agrees that, if the Euskerri help them, they will give them their territory and self-rule.

There should be a soft partition, with Kosovo remaining in Serbia, but with the Kosovars being given real self-rule for the near future - all protected by the hard fist of NATO.

Within a year of taking office, he hopes to hammer out an agreement giving Palestinians self-rule in the territories, Mr. Rabin says, although when it comes to timetables, "I don't want to pin it down because it might create misunderstanding."

Annexed by Ivan the Terrible Mr. Yeltsin has promised to give the autonomous regions greater self-rule, including a bigger share of what they produce, but has insisted that the Russian federated republic remain "one and indivisible."

The talks have been stalled over proposals to give interim self-rule to the 2 million Palestinians under Israeli occupation.

It was given self-rule in 1969, with its capital as Giyani.

Under the Rabin Government, house demolitions and sealings slowed to a trickle, and then stopped after September 1993 with the agreement giving Palestinians self-rule in Gaza and the West Bank town of Jericho.

It was given nominal self-rule in 1971, and elections were held the following year.

Yasir Arafat and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of Israel initialed an agreement tonight that removed many of the obstacles that have delayed putting into effect the accord to give the Palestinians limited self-rule.

In 1935 the British passed the Government of India Act 1935, designed to give Indian provinces greater self-rule and set up a national federal structure.