91.   Twenty five people were wounded in the attack in the eastern Ampara district, he added.

92.   U.S. jets struck Kabul on Thursday in a daylight raid, and explosions could be heard in the area of the city airport and in eastern districts.

93.   Two rebels were killed Sunday in a fight with police commandos in the jungles of the eastern Batticaloa district.

94.   Fourteen-year-old Kalekye Muthami collapsed after a teacher hit her on the head with the cane in the eastern Kitui district, it said.

95.   Further explosions occurred in the eastern districts of the city in the afternoon.

96.   He said two more LTTE rebels were killed by police Special Task Force commandos in the Veeracholai area in the eastern coastal Batticaloa district Sunday.

97.   He refused to name the site but said the incident had increased tension in the eastern district.

98.   Hundreds of irate commuters burned the private bus after it ploughed through vehicles in a busy eastern district commercial centre.

99.   Hundreds of commuters burnt a privately-owned bus after it ploughed through vehicles in a busy eastern district commercial centre, police said.

100.   In an eastern district of the city police fired at mobs who were setting fire to shops and homes, killing five people, police said.