Both sides have signalled a desire to compromise on the first two of these areas, which will probably get limited autonomy.

ECONOMIST: Sudan

Voters in France's Mediterranean island of Corsica narrowly rejected a plan for limited autonomy that had been put to a referendum.

ECONOMIST: America abroad

The peace prize follows the historic handshake between the PLO leader and the Israeli Prime Minister on the White House lawn on 13 September 1993, marking an agreement to give the Palestinians limited autonomy in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho.

BBC: 14 October

After securing 194 of the 238 local councils contested in the polls, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka's president, described the results as a renewed mandate for her to push ahead with proposals to grant limited autonomy to Tamils living in the war-afflicted north and east of the island.

ECONOMIST: Sri Lanka

It would have no central bank, no monetary freedom and limited fiscal autonomy.

ECONOMIST: The economics of home rule