The group, which seeks to establish an independent Basque state encompassing sections of northern Spain and southern France, has killed more than 800 people, including nearly 350 civilians, since 1968.

During this time there was no unifying political state encompassing the entire Philippine Archipelago.

After years of warfare, London agreed to the 1921 Anglo-Irish treaty creating a free Irish state encompassing 26 of the island's 32 counties.

ETA was founded in 1959 with the goal of establishing an independent Basque state encompassing sections of northern Spain and southern France.

Because Burundi, like Rwanda, is a centuries-old state encompassing Hutu and Tutsi who share a common language, culture and religion.

Crim was chosen from candidates named by every state encompassing more than 9,000,000 truck drivers in total.

ETA has killed more than 800 people since 1968 in its campaign for an independent Basque state encompassing sections of northern Spain and southern France.

At Versailles, Wilson and the European allies supported the creation of a Slavic state encompassing various ethnic groups.

For a short period Al-Mansuriya was the center of a powerful state encompassing most of North Africa and Sicily.

Official Palestinian maps still show a Palestinian state encompassing all of Israel.