The Secret Service should regain its quasi-independent status.

Currently, Taiwan is in a state of de facto independence.

This brought to an end the last independent fiefdom of France.

This brought to an end the last independent fiefdom of France.

The Bishopric of Breslau returned to the rule of the Archbishopric of Gniezno in 1620, having before been practically independent.

In Iraq some 5 million Kurds have been enjoying a status of almost independence since the 1991 war.

The virtual independence of Iraqi Kurdistan was expected to cause a Kurdish secession in Turkey, Syria and Iran.

From 1991 to 2003, Iraqi Kurdistan, protected by a UN No-fly zone resolution, has come the closest to achieving de-facto independence.

Several months later a new constitution was enacted, ending the independence of the cantons and transitioning Switzerland into a federal state.

From 1991 to 2003, Iraqi Kurdistan, protected by a UN No-fly zone resolution, has come the closest to achieving de-facto independence.

To justify the reality of statistical entropy, ergodic theory is not enough, it is necessary above all to prove the quasi-statistical independence of the microscopic constituents.

2007 Feb 14, Serbia's parliament overwhelmingly rejected a UN plan that would give virtual independence to the breakaway province of Kosovo.

Serbia's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a UN plan that would give virtual independence to the breakaway province of Kosovo.

Serbia's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a U.N. plan that would give virtual independence to the breakaway province of Kosovo.

Though the SMATA belonged to a centralist union structure, and was therefore technically subject to the control of the auto workers' union headquarters in Buenos Aires, in actual practice it was virtually independent.