11.   Tribesmen angered by government fuel price hikes ambushed troops in an oil-rich region of Yemen, killing eight soldiers, a tribal leader said.

12.   They said the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam had planted the mine to ambush troops in the area.

13.   Tiger guerrillas ambushed army troops who rushed to the aid of the STF commandos, wounding at least four soldiers, officials said.

14.   The Moro Islamic Liberation Front ambushed government troops in the southern island of Basilan on Wednesday, killing four soldiers, the Army said.

15.   The LTTE ambushed the troops while they were on a routine mission taking lunch for their colleagues in the district of Trincomalee.